De Villiers V P
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Stellenbosch, Parowvallei, CP.
S Afr Med J. 1988 Aug 6;74(3):114-6.
The success of the postpartum sterilisation campaign at Paarl Hospital, CP, irrefutably supports the claim that a quality family planning programme can in itself reduce fertility. In 1971 only 10% of women undergoing sterilisation had 4 or fewer children--this incidence increased to 71% in 1986. Women with more than 10 children are now very rarely found--in 1970 they still accounted for 20% of all patients sterilised. Parity at time of sterilisation has levelled to about 4 in contrast with 7.52 in 1971. It is probable that as many as 15,000 unwanted and unplanned pregnancies have been prevented in Paarl as a result of this sustained effort. The ideal of the 2-child family is increasingly possible.
开普省帕尔医院产后绝育运动的成功，无可辩驳地支持了这样一种说法，即一项高质量的计划生育方案本身就能降低生育率。1971年，接受绝育手术的妇女中只有10%育有4个或更少子女，这一比例在1986年增至71%。现在很少能见到育有10个以上子女的妇女，1970年时，她们仍占所有接受绝育手术患者的20%。绝育时的子女数已趋于平稳，约为4个，而1971年为7.52个。由于这一持续努力，帕尔医院很可能已避免了多达15000次意外和计划外怀孕。二孩家庭的理想越来越有可能实现。
