Consider carefully when having a third child

During break time, Ms. Hang held the newspaper in her hand and announced to everyone in the office:

The Central Inspection Commission has just issued Instruction No. 15-HD/UBKTTW on amending and supplementing Instruction No. 05-HD/UBKTTW, dated November 22, 2022 of the Central Inspection Commission on implementing a number of articles in Regulation No. 69-QD/TW, dated July 6, 2022 of the Politburo on disciplining party organizations and party members who violate regulations (abbreviated as Instruction No. 15-HD/UBKTTW). According to the new instruction of the Central Inspection Commission, points 8.1 and 8.2, section III in Instruction No. 05 have been removed. These are the points regulating the consideration and disciplinary action for violations of population policy, including having a third child. The new guidelines also add point 8.3, which states: "Do not consider handling the behavior specified in Clause 2, Article 1 of Ordinance No. 08/2008/PL-UBTVQH12 dated December 27, 2008 amending Article 10 of the 2003 Population Ordinance "Giving birth to one or two children, except in special cases prescribed by the Government". With this change, from March 20, party members who give birth to a third child will no longer be disciplined. Giving birth to a third child is also no longer a violation for consideration of party disciplinary action. Having given birth to two daughters, my wife and I will be determined to have more children.

Ms. Mo, the agency union chairwoman, a party member who has two children, commented: I think that "not disciplining party members who have three or more children" is a correct and appropriate decision, based on domestic practice and international experience. However, not having many children for the purpose of having more sons or daughters to "have both boys and girls" will affect reproductive health, population quality as well as depend on the nurturing conditions of each family.

Listening to Ms. Mo's analysis with scientific and practical basis, Ms. Hang expressed her agreement: Having many or few children, boys or girls is not as important as the health of each couple. In particular, according to the doctor's recommendation, for women over 40 years old like me, giving birth can be dangerous to the health of both myself and the child. Therefore, I decided to stop at 2 children to raise my children well.

In recent days, especially since the Central Inspection Commission issued Instruction No. 15-HD/UBKTTW, many cadres and party members who wish to have a third child have paid great attention to this issue. Previously, party members who violated the population and family planning policy could be disciplined in the following forms: expulsion from the Party, warning, reprimand, which affected the competition of the collective and the individual party member. Now, the removal of disciplinary regulations for party members who have a third child or more is a policy that many cadres and party members are looking forward to so that they can decide for themselves the number of children they will have. This regulation aims to firmly maintain the replacement birth rate, contributing to increasing the birth rate in the face of the current low birth rate nationwide. However, couples need to follow the recommendations of the health sector to ensure the health of mothers and children, while ensuring other conditions for children born to be well cared for and raised.

Duc Toan

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