Iloilo officials draw flak as they use Carlos Yulo’s wins to offer free vasectomies
The Health Office in Iloilo province stir controversy by using Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo and his two-gold-medals in the Paris Olympics to promote its family planning and vasectomy campaign.
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00:00The health office in Iloilo province threw a controversy by using Filipino gymnast Carlos
00:05Yulo and his two gold medals in the Paris Olympics to promote its family planning and
00:09vasectomy campaign.
00:11An ad by the Iloilo Provincial Health Office says it will offer free vasectomies to, quote,
00:16all Ilongos named Carlos, including their friends.
00:19This quickly made the rounds on social media where it was greeted with a chorus of jeers,
00:23laughter, and bewilderment.
00:25Online users point out the irony of choosing a young and unmarried athlete as a model for
00:29a vasectomy.
00:30The backlash was swift and fierce, prompting the IPHO to delete the post and replace it
00:35with another ad.