Hungarian Church Press, 1968 (20. évfolyam, 2. szám)
1968-06-01 / 2. szám
HCP Vol XX Japecdn I..Number 1968 No 2 ~ 9a(077&i) matches, happy .family life in whichrthe parents may have the natural joy of having their children, while children are- surroundecLby the love of their parents and society« This entails the responsibility of the socialist society for the cultural and economic health, and hygienic requirements of the family. Hence socialist society regards the claim of family planning as an integral part cf the cultural ahd technological dovelopmait of man - a claim justified by industrial, development, urbanisation, higher demands for education and its higher costs« Por the number of <h.iid.rgi not only affects the family budget but also has its bearing on state investment and the measure of development projects* In the life of society, the proportion of producers and consumers is of great significance« In addition to talcing the appropriate eoonomic measures, this proportion can also he altered by family planning, Wo may sum up the position of the Marxist ethie as fun..*vsj the future is the child and thus the refusal, of wedded people to have children me Car the denial of the futures Welfare based on childlessness deprives men ©f something that naturally would belong to them, and, in addition to this, this attitude is also heartless, cruel and reactionary 9 Abortj.cn in reason*’ able instances is permitted# The socialist system in Hungary, also mindful of past mistakes, makes its effort to solve the problem not by administrative measures but by raising the level of family welfare. The steps to effect this are; family allowance, the introduction of grants for the education of children when the working woman, in addition to the hitherto granted six months cf matettiity, is further entitled to stay two years beside her child without causing thereby any adverse legal change ir ^er labour relations;: Yet the problem is too deeply rooted to be solved completely and in a satisfactory manner by legislation and economic measures, The aforesaid measures are most welcome as indeed suitable to contribute to the solution cf the problem, yet, by themselves, no matter how useful they may be, are, as we believe,insufficient, d) The Church's Task with Regard to the Problems of Procreation-Therefore the measures already taken and to be taken should be complemented by a widely organised social action for the purpose cf profoundly changing the consciousness of the whole society in order to restore the respect to the woman and mother already expressed both by the letter and the spirit of socialist legislation, We need lavs that no one can violate without punishment and that is to become a motivating force of our everyday life- We must create a social atmosphere in which 'the child will be a "natural jcy" to the parents and the children wiil be actually "surrounded by the love of their parents and of society",
