It was advised to Filipina overseas workers that are about to be deployed aboard to have no sexual activity at least two months prior to their departure, or face the consequence of being sent back home upon arrival in the Middle East if found to be pregnant in their destination countries.

According to a recent meeting with a group of agencies sending OFWs to the Middle East. Dr. Rodolfo Punzalan, president of GCC Accredited Medical Clinics Association Center or GAMCA said cases of repatriated female OFWs are now in the top list of repatriated workers due to illness, diseases and pregnancies.

What happened to the steps of undergoing medical checkup to acquire medical certificates?

Dr. Punzalan requested the agencies sending female workers to take all necessary steps and precautions, also to give warning to the female applicants/workers to not to engage in any sexual congress, they have to sacrifice romantic interludes with their husbands or boyfriends to avoid “unwanted” pregnancies.

“If sexual activity cannot be restrained then safe sex should be practiced with the use of condoms or during the infertile or safe periods. This is no guarantee of course however the chances of pregnancies is diminished with the use of a condom,” Punzalan said in a statement.

Then how about the religious sector’s fight against condoms

With the current rising number of cases of female workers being sent back is a cause for alarm for the GAMCA clinics. The GCC Health Ministries has imposed US$2,000 fine for GAMCA clinics members for every repatriated Pinoy OFW due to negligence on their part in the medical examination for the OFW.

Wow, two grand, I hope this is not less for if this will not be implemented properly. This will be another source of corruption and all those under-the-table-payups bs will soon arise. For this will really alarm OFW female workers.

Punzalan said that, however, in all cases of pregnant workers repatriated they will be investagation. The agency involved to ferret out the truth on when and where the worker had any sexual activity before departure.

Dr. Punzalan said that some workers even on the day of departure cannot control themselves and initiate sex with their partners.

Pregnancies cannot be detected by a mere blood or urine test one or two days before departure, so its hard to make necessary precaution like a pre-departure exam for the female workers. The pregnancy will only be verified within five weeks and this is the time wherein physical and emotional signs arise start for the pregnant woman.

So Dr. Punzalan advised “The final word is control yourself or return to the Philippines pregnant ripped with the idea of giving your family a good opportunity in life. Remember to celibate so that you can reap your rewards afterwards”