Women suffer form some distinctive health problems from which men are free. Women have to undergo the distinctive biological process of pregnancy, or child-bearing, delivering, nursing, feeding, child-caring or rearing etc. These are their maternal functions. But the insistence on the family planning has posed them many health hazards. The use of contraceptives such as Copper-T, sterilization, abortion and hormonal drugs have an adverse effect on their health. Those who make use of them suffer from problems such as bodily weakness, bloodlessness, high bleeding, fatness, problems in uterus, discomfort in breast, chronic back pain, etc. The advocates of family planning do not seem to bother much about these problems especially in the rural areas where women are illiterate and less aware. The begin to use such contraceptives without knowing their side-effects and impact on their bodies. They also do not tend to consult the doctor when the observe some serious after effects of those contraceptives.
