15th Congress RH Bills (Matrix) Oct 2010

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Matrix of Reproductive Health Bills

15th Congress
HOUSE BILL 96 HOUSE BILL 101 HOUSE BILL 513 HOUSE BILL 1160 HOUSE BILL 1520 HOUSE BILL 3387
(Rep. Lagman) (Rep. Garin) (Reps. Bag-ao & Bello) (Rep. Biazon) (Rep. Syjuco) (Reps. Ilagan & de
Jesus)
CHAPTER 1
TITLE, POLICY AND
DEFINITION OF TERMS
AN ACT AN ACT AN ACT AN ACT AN ACT AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A PROVIDING FOR A PROVIDING FOR A PROVIDING FOR A TO PROTECT THE PROVIDING FOR A
NATIONAL POLICY ON NATIONAL POLICY ON NATIONAL POLICY ON NATIONAL POLICY ON RIGHT OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON
REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE PEOPLE TO REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH, RESPONSIBLE HEALTH AND HEALTH AND HEALTH AND FOR HEALTH FOR WOMEN IN
INFORMATION ON
PARENTHOOD AND POPULATION AND POPULATION AND OTHER PURPOSES DEVELOPMENT AND
POPULATION DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT, AND REPRODUCTIVE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES FOR OTHER PURPOSES HEALTH CARE
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Title. SECTION 1. Title. SECTION 1. Title. SECTION 1. Title. SECTION 1. Title. – SECTION 1. Short
- This Act shall be known - This Act shall be known - This Act shall be known - This Act shall be known This Act shall be cited as the Title. – This Act shall be
as the ”The Reproductive as the "The as the "The as the "The known as the
Health and Population Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health and “Women Right to Know Act.” “Comprehensive
and Development Act of Population and Population and Population and Reproductive Health Act.”
2010.” Development Act of Development Act of Development Act of
2010." 2010." 2010."
SEC. 2. - SEC. 2. - SEC. 2. - SEC. 2. - SEC. 2. SEC. 2.
Declaration of Policy Declaration of Principles Declaration of Principles Declaration of Policy Declaration of Policy. – Declaration of State
Policy and Principles
The State The State The State It is hereby It is hereby The State affirms
recognizes and recognizes and recognizes and declared by the policy of declared the policy of the role of women in
guarantees the exercise of guarantees the human guarantees the human the State to recognize and the State to protect and development and ensures
the universal basic human rights of all persons rights of all persons guarantee: promote the people’s the substantive equality of
right to reproductive health including the right to including the right to women and men. It shall
right to health. Towards
by all persons, particularly equality and equity, the equality and equity, the promote the empowerment
of parents, couples and right to sustainable human right to sustainable human this end, the State shall of women and pursue equal
women, consistent with development, the right to development, the right to provide relevant and access to resources and
their religious convictions, health which includes health which includes reliable reproductive services.
cultural beliefs and the reproductive health, the reproductive health, the health care information Further, the State
demands of responsible right to education and right to education and to women. realizes that equality of men
parenthood. information and the right to information and the right to and women entails the
choose and make choose and make abolition of the unequal
decisions for themselves decisions for themselves structures and practices that
in accordance with their in accordance with their perpetuate discrimination
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religious convictions, religious convictions, and inequality. To realize
cultural beliefs, and the cultural beliefs, and the this, the State shall
demands of responsible demands of responsible endeavor to develop plans,
parenthood. parenthood. policies, programs,
measures, and mechanisms
to address discrimination
and inequality in the
economic, political, social
and cultural life of women
and men
Moreover, the Moreover, the Moreover, the (a) the human rights of all Consistent with the
State recognizes and State recognizes and State recognizes and persons including the Magna Carta of Women, the
guarantees the promotion guarantees the promotion guarantees the promotion right to equality and State shall accord women
of gender equality, equity of gender equality, equity of gender equality, equity equity, the right to the rights, protection, and
and women’s and women’s and women’s sustainable human opportunities available to
empowerment as a health empowerment as a health empowerment as a health development, the right every member of society.
and human rights concern. and human rights concern. and human rights concern. to health which The State shall ensure the
The advancement and The advancement and The advancement and includes reproductive necessary mechanisms to
protection of women’s protection of women’s protection of women’s health, the right to enforce women’s rights and
human rights shall be human rights shall be human rights shall be education and the right adopt and undertake all
central to the efforts of the central to the efforts of the central to the efforts of the to choose and make legal measures necessary
State to address State to address State to address decisions for to foster and promote the
reproductive health care. reproductive health care. reproductive health care. themselves in equal opportunity for
As a distinct but As a distinct but As a distinct but accordance with their women to participate in and
inseparable measure to inseparable measure to inseparable measure to religious convictions, contribute to the
the guarantee of women’s the guarantee of women’s the guarantee of women’s cultural beliefs, and the development of the political,
human rights, the State human rights, the State human rights, the State demands of economic, social and
recognizes and recognizes and recognizes and responsible cultural spheres.
guarantees the promotion guarantees the promotion guarantees the promotion parenthood; and
of the welfare and rights of of the welfare and rights of of the welfare and rights of
children. children children.
In furtherance of In furtherance of (b) the promotion of In recognizing the role and
these principles, the State these principles, the State gender equality, equity contribution of women in
shall guarantee universal shall guarantee universal and women’s development, the state shall
access to information and access to information and empowerment as a provide comprehensive,
education, and safe, education, and safe, health and human quality, and accessible
affordable, and quality affordable, and quality rights concern. The reproductive health
reproductive health care reproductive health care advancement and services, methods, devices,
services. services. protection of women’s supplies and relevant
human rights shall be information for girls and
central to the efforts of women of all ages,
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the State to address especially for the women
reproductive health and girls coming from the
care. As a distinct but underprivileged sectors.
inseparable measure
to the guarantee of
women’s human rights,
the State recognizes
and guarantees the
promotion of the
welfare and rights of
children.
The State likewise The State likewise The State likewise Towards these
guarantees universal guarantees universal guarantees universal ends, the State shall
access to medically-safe, access to medically-safe, access to medically-safe, guarantee universal
legal, affordable, effective legal, affordable and legal, affordable and access to information and
and quality reproductive quality reproductive health quality reproductive health education, and safe,
health care services, care services, methods, care services, methods, affordable, and quality and
methods, devices, devices, supplies and devices, supplies and non-hazardous
supplies and relevant relevant information relevant information reproductive health care
information and education thereon even as it thereon even as it services.
thereon even as it prioritizes the needs of prioritizes the needs of
prioritizes the needs of women and children, women and children,
women and children, among other among other
among other underprivileged sectors. underprivileged sectors.
underprivileged sectors.
The State shall The State shall The State shall The State shall The State takes
address and seek to address and seek to address and seek to address and seek to cognizance of primary
eradicate discriminatory eradicate discriminatory eradicate discriminatory eradicate discriminatory health care as the key to
practices, laws and practices, laws and practices, laws and practices, laws and attaining the target of
policies that infringe on a policies that infringe on a policies that infringe on a policies that infringe on a reaching a level of health
person’s exercise of person’s exercise of person’s exercise of person’s exercise of that will permit its people to
reproductive health rights. sexual and reproductive sexual and reproductive sexual and reproductive lead a socially and
health and rights. health and rights. health and rights. economically productive life,
as part of development in
the spirit of social justice.
SEC. 3. Guiding SEC. 3. Guiding SEC. 3. Guiding SEC. 3. Guiding SEC. 3. Guiding
Principles - This Act Principles - This Act Principles - This Act Principles - This Act Principles.
declares the following as declares the following as declares the following as declares the following as
guiding principles: guiding principles: guiding principles: guiding principles:
a. Every human being is
entitled to enjoy all
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human rights. No one
can take away another
person’s human rights.
Human rights are
indivisible. Human rights
are inherent to the dignity
of every human being
whether they relate to
civil, cultural, economic,
political, or social issues.
b. Human rights are
interdependent and
interrelated. The
fulfillment of one right
often depends, wholly or
not, upon the fulfillment
of the other rights.
c. All individuals are equal
as human beings by
virtue of the inherent
dignity of each person.
No one, therefore, should
suffer discrimination on
the basis of ethnicity,
gender, age, language,
sexual orientation, race,
color, religion, political or
other opinion, national,
social or geographical
origin, disability,
property, birth or other
status as established by
human rights standards.
d. All people have the right
to participate in and
access information
relating to the decision-
making processes that
affect their lives and
wellbeing. Rights-based
approaches require a
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high degree of
participation by
communities, civil
society, minorities,
women, young people,
indigenous peoples, and
other identified groups.
e. State and other duty
bearers are accountable
for the observance of
human rights. They have
to comply with the legal
norms and standards
enshrined in international
human rights instruments
in accordance with the
Philippine Constitution.
Where they fail to do so,
aggrieved rights holders
are entitled to institute
proceedings for
appropriate redress
before a competent court
or other adjudicator in
accordance with the
rules and procedures
provided by law.
The Act further
declares the following as
basic guiding principles:
a. The right to make a. The right to make a. a. Freedom of choice, a. Freedom of informed
free and informed free and informed and informed decision, which is central to the choice, which is central
decisions, which is decision, which is which is central to the exercise of any right, to the exercise of right,
central to the exercise central to the exercise exercise of any right must be fully must be fully guaranteed
of any right shall not of any right shall not be shall not be subjected to guaranteed by the State by the State like the right
be subjected to any subjected to any form of any form of coercion like the right itself. itself.
form of restraint or coercion and must be and must be fully
coercion, and free fully guaranteed by the guaranteed by the State
exercise must be fully State like the right itself. like the right itself.
guaranteed by the
State like the right
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itself.
b. The state shall
guarantee the free
exercise of religious
belief in the
enforcement of this Act.
b. Respect for, b. Respect for, b. Respect for,

protection and protection and protection and
fulfillment of fulfillment of fulfillment of
reproductive health reproductive health and reproductive health and
and rights seek to rights seek to promote rights seek to promote
promote not only the not only the rights and not only the rights and
rights and welfare of welfare of adult welfare of adult
adult individuals and individuals and couples individuals and couples
couples but those of but those of but those of
adolescents and adolescents and adolescents and
children as well. children as well. children as well.
c. Since human c. Since human c. Since human c. Since human resource b. Since manpower is the
resource is a principal resource is the principal resource is the principal is the principal asset of principal asset of every
asset of the country, asset of the country, asset of the country, the country, effective country, effective
effective reproductive effective reproductive effective reproductive reproductive health care reproductive health care
health care services health care services health care services services must be given services must be given
must be given primacy must be given primacy must be given primacy primacy to ensure primacy to contribute to
to ensure maternal to ensure maternal to ensure maternal maternal health, birth of the birth and care of
health, birth of healthy health, birth of healthy health, birth of healthy healthy children, their healthy children, our next
children and their full children, their full children, their full full human generation of manpower
human development human development, human development, development, and the resources.
and responsible and the promotion of and the promotion of promotion of
parenting. responsible parenting. responsible parenting. responsible parenting.
d. The provision of d. The provision of d. The provision of d. The provision of

accessible, affordable accessible and accessible and medically-safe,
and effective affordable reproductive affordable reproductive accessible, affordable
reproductive health health care services is health care services is and quality reproductive
care services is essential in the essential in the health care services is
essential in the promotion of people’s promotion of people’s essential in the
promotion of people’s right to health. right to health. promotion of people’s
right to health. right to health.
e. The State shall e. The State will e. The State will e. The state will promote, c. In the promotion of
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promote, without bias, promote, without bias, promote, without bias, without bias, all reproductive health,
all modern natural and all modern methods of all modern methods of modern methods of there should be no bias
artificial methods of family planning. family planning. family planning. for either modern or
family planning that natural methods of
are medically safe, fertility management.
legal and effective.
f. The State shall f. The State shall promote f. The State shall f. The State shall
promote a program a program that: (1) promote a program endeavor to promote a
that: (1) enables enables individuals and that: (1) enables program that aims to:
individuals and couples to have the individuals and (1) enable couples to
couples to have the number of children they couples to have the have the number of
number of children desire with due number of children children they desire
they desire with due consideration to the they desire with due with due consideration
consideration to the health, particularly of consideration to the to the health,
health of women and women, and resources health, particularly of particularly of women,
resources available to available to them. (2) women, and resources and resources
them; (2) achieves achieves equitable available to them. (2) available to the family;
equitable allocation allocation and utilization achieves equitable (2) encourage
and utilization of of resources; (3) allocation and equitable allocation
resources; (3) ensures ensures effective utilization of resources; and utilization of
effective partnership partnership among the (3) ensures effective resources; (3) promote
among the national national government, partnership among the effective partnership
government, local local government units national government, among the national
government units and and the private sector in local government units government, local
the private sector in the design, and the private sector government units and
the design, implementation, in the design, the private sector in
implementation, coordination, implementation, the design,
coordination, integration, monitoring coordination, implementation,
integration, monitoring and evaluation of integration, monitoring coordination,
and evaluation of people-centered and evaluation of integration, monitoring
people-centered programs towards people-centered and evaluation of
programs to enhance quality of life and programs towards people-centered
quality of life and environmental quality of life and programs towards
environmental protection; and (4) environmental quality of life and
protection; and (4) conducts studies to protection; and (4) environmental; and (4)
conducts studies to analyze demographic conducts studies to conduct studies to
analyze demographic trends towards analyze demographic analyze demographic
trends towards sustainable human trends towards trends towards
sustainable human development. sustainable human sustainable human
development. development. development.
g. The provision of g. The provision of g. The provision of g. Reproductive health
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reproductive health reproductive health care reproductive health must be the joint
care and information and information must be care and information responsibility of the
shall be the joint the joint responsibility of must be the joint National Government
responsibility of the the National responsibility of the and Local Government
National Government Government and Local National Government Units.
and Local Government Government Units. and Local Government
Units. Units.
h. Active participation by h. Active participation by h. Active participation by h. Active participation by d. Active participation by
non-government, non-government, non-government, and thorough and thorough
women’s, people’s, women’s, people’s, civil women’s, people’s, consultation with non- consultation with
civil society society organizations; civil society government concerned non-
organizations and and communities is organizations; and organizations, government
communities is crucial crucial to ensure that communities is crucial communities and organizations (NGOs),
to ensure that reproductive health and to ensure that people’s organizations people’s organizations
reproductive health population and reproductive health is crucial to ensure that (POs) and communities
and population and development policies, and population and reproductive health are imperative to ensure
development policies, plans, and programs development policies, and population and that basic policies, plans,
plans, and programs will address the priority plans, and programs development policies, programs and projects
will address the priority needs of the poor, will address the priority plans, and programs that address the priority
needs of the poor, especially women. needs of the poor, will address the priority needs of stakeholders.
especially women. especially women. needs of the poor,
especially women.
i. While nothing in this i. While nothing in this Act i. While nothing in this i. While nothing in this
Act changes the law changes the law on Act changes the law Act changes the law
against abortion, the abortion, the on abortion, the on abortion, as
government shall government shall government shall abortion remains a
ensure that all women ensure that all women ensure that all women crime and is
needing care for post- needing care for post- needing care for post- punishable, the
abortion complications abortion complications abortion complications government shall
shall be treated and shall be treated and shall be treated and ensure that all women
counseled in a counseled in a humane, counseled in a needing care for post-
humane, non- non-judgmental and humane, non- abortion complications
judgmental and compassionate manner. judgmental and shall be treated and
compassionate compassionate counseled in a
manner. manner. humane, non-
judgmental and
compassionate
manner.
j. Reproductive health e. Reproductive health
goes beyond a goes beyond a
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demographic target demographic target
because it is because it is principally
principally about health about health and rights.
and rights.
k. Gender equality and f. Gender equality
women empowerment and women
are central elements of empowerment are
reproductive health central elements of
and population and reproductive health and
development. population development,
and vice-versa.
l. The limited resources
of the country cannot
be suffered to be
spread so thinly to
service a burgeoning
multitude that makes
the allocations grossly
inadequate and
effectively
meaningless.
g. Development is a
multi-faceted process
that calls for the
coordination and
integration of policies,
plans, programs and
projects that seek to
uplift the quality of life of
the people, more
particularly the poor, the
needy and the
marginalized.
h. Respect for,
protection and fulfillment
of reproductive health
rights seek to promote
not only the rights and
welfare of adult
individuals but those of
adolescents’ and
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children’s as well.
SEC. 4. Scope of
Application – This Act shall
apply to all Filipino girls and
women, throughout the
various stages of their life
cycle.
SEC. 5.
Interpretation of this Act –
Nothing in this law shall be
construed as precluding
provisions in existing laws
or in international
instruments and
international human rights
and humanitarian law that
are more conducive to the
realization of the rights of
the child.
SEC. 4. Definition SEC. 4. Definition SEC. 4. Definition SEC. 4. Definition SEC. 3. Definition of SEC. 6. Definition
of Terms - For the of Terms - For the of Terms - For the of Terms - For the Terms. – For the purposes of of Terms – As used in this
purposes of this Act, the purpose of this Act, the purpose of this Act, the purpose of this Act, the Act, the term
following terms shall be following terms shall be following terms shall be following terms shall be this Act:
defined as follows: defined as follows: defined as follows: defined as follows:
Adolescence - Adolescence - Adolescence - Adolescence -
refers to a life stage of refers to a life stage of refers to a life stage of refers to a life stage of
persons aged 10 to 19. persons aged 10 to 19. persons aged 10 to 19. people with age from 10
up to 19.
Adolescent Adolescent Adolescent Adolescent
Sexuality - refers to, Sexuality - refers to, Sexuality - refers to, Sexuality - refers to,
among others, the among others, the among others, the among others, the
reproductive system, reproductive system, reproductive system, reproductive system,
gender identity, values or gender identity, values or gender identity, values or gender identity, values or
beliefs, emotions, beliefs, emotions, beliefs, emotions, beliefs, emotions,
relationships and sexual relationships and sexual relationships and sexual relationships and sexual
behavior of young people behavior of young people behavior of young people behavior of young people
as social beings. as social beings. as social beings. as social beings.
AIDS (Acquired AIDS (Acquired AIDS (Acquired
Immune Deficiency Immune Deficiency Immune Deficiency
Syndrome) - refers to a Syndrome) - refers to a Syndrome) - refers to a
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condition characterized by condition characterized by condition characterized by
a combination of signs and a combination of signs and a combination of signs and
symptoms, caused by symptoms, caused by HIV symptoms, caused by HIV
Human Immunodeficiency which attacks and which attacks and
Virus (HIV) which attacks weakens the body’s weakens the body’s
and weakens the body’s immune system, making immune system, making
immune system, making the afflicted individual the afflicted individual
the afflicted individual susceptible to other life- susceptible to other life-
susceptible to other life- threatening infections. threatening infections.
threatening infections.
Anti-Retroviral “Anti-Retroviral Anti-Retroviral
Medicines (ARVs) - Medicines (ARVs)” - Medicines (ARVs) -
Antiretroviral drugs are Antiretroviral drugs are Antiretroviral drugs are
medications for the medications for the medications for the
treatment of infection by treatment of infection by treatment of infection by
retroviruses, primarily HIV. retroviruses, primarily HIV. retroviruses, primarily HIV.
Basic Emergency Basic Emergency Basic Emergency Basic Emergency Basic Emergency
Obstetric Care - refers to Obstetric Care - refers to Obstetric Care - refers to Obstetric Care - refers to Obstetric Care – refers to
lifesaving services for lifesaving services for lifesaving services for life-saving services for lifesaving services for
maternal complications maternal complications maternal complications maternal complications maternal complication being
being provided by a health being provided by a health being provided by a health being provided by a health provided by a health facility
facility or professional, facility or professional, facility or professional, facility or professional, or professional which must
which must include the which must include the which must include the which must include the include the following six
following six signal following six signal following six signal following six signal signal functions:
functions: administration of functions: administration of functions: administration of functions: administration of administration of parenteral
parenteral antibiotics; parenteral antibiotics; parenteral antibiotics; parenteral antibiotics; antibiotics; administration of
administration of administration of administration of administration of parenteral oxytocic drugs;
parenteral oxytocic drugs; parenteral oxytocic drugs; parenteral oxytocic drugs; parenteral oxytocic drugs; administration of parenteral
administration of administration of administration of administration of anticonvulsants for pre-
parenteral anticonvulsants parenteral anticonvulsants parenteral anticonvulsants parenteral anticonvulsants eclampsia and eclampsia;
for pre-eclampsia and for pre-eclampsia and for pre-eclampsia and for pre-eclampsia and manual removal of placenta;
eclampsia; manual eclampsia; manual eclampsia; manual eclampsia; manual and assisted vaginal
removal of placenta; removal of placenta; removal of placenta; removal of placenta; delivery.
removal of retained removal of retained removal of retained removal of retained
products; and assisted products; and assisted products; and assisted products; and assisted
vaginal delivery. vaginal delivery. vaginal delivery. vaginal delivery.
Comprehensive Comprehensive Comprehensive Comprehensive Comprehensive
Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Care
Care - refers to basic Care - refers to basic Care - refers to basic Care - refers to basic – refers to basic emergency
emergency obstetric care emergency obstetric care emergency obstetric care emergency obstetric care obstetric care plus two other
including performance of plus two other signal plus two other signal plus two other signal signal functions:
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caesarian section and functions: performance of functions: performance of functions: performance of performance of caesarian
blood transfusion. caesarian section and caesarian section and caesarian section and section and blood
blood transfusion. blood transfusion. blood transfusion. transfusion.
Development –
refers to a multi-dimensional
process involving major
changes in social
structures, popular
attitudes, and national
institutions as well as the
acceleration of economic
growth, the reduction of
inequality and the
eradication of widespread
poverty.
Employer - refers Employer - Employer - Employer -
to any natural or juridical includes any person acting includes any person acting includes any person acting
person who hires the in the interest of an in the interest of an in the interest of an
services of a worker. The employer, directly or employer, directly or employer, directly or
term shall not include any indirectly. The term shall indirectly. The term shall indirectly. The term shall
labor organization or any not include any labor not include any labor not include any labor
of its officers or agents organization or any of its organization or any of its organization or any of its
except when acting as an officers or agents except officers or agents except officers or agents except
employer. when acting as an when acting as an when acting as an
employer. employer. employer.
Family Planning - Family Planning - Family Planning - Family Planning -
refers to a program which refers to a program which refers to a program which refers to a program which
enables couples and enables couples and enables couples and enables couples and
individuals to decide freely individuals to decide freely individuals to decide freely individuals to decide freely
and responsibly the and responsibly the and responsibly the and responsibly the
number and spacing of number and spacing of number and spacing of number and spacing of
their children, acquire their children and to have their children and to have their children and to have
relevant information, and the information and means the information and means the information and means
have access to a full range to do so, and to have to do so, and to have to do so, and to have
of safe, legal, affordable access to a full range of access to a full range of informed choice and
and effective modern safe, effective and modern safe, effective and modern access to a full range of
natural and artificial methods of preventing methods of preventing safe and effective modern
methods of preventing and pregnancy. pregnancy. methods of preventing
spacing pregnancy. pregnancy.
Fertility
Management – refers to the
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program which enables
couples and individuals to
decide freely and
responsibly the number and
spacing of their children and
to have the information and
means to carry out their
decisions, and to have
informed choice and access
to a full range of safe, legal
and effective fertility
management methods,
techniques and devices.
Gender Equality - Gender Equality - Gender Equality Gender Equality - Gender Equality –
refers to the absence of refers to the absence of – refers to the absence of refers to the absence of refers to the absence of
discrimination on the basis discrimination on the basis discrimination on the basis discrimination on the basis discrimination on the basis
of a person’s sex, sexual of a person’s sex, sexual of a person’s sex, sexual of a person’s sex in of a person’s sex, in
orientation and gender orientation and gender orientation and gender opportunities, in the opportunities, allocation of
identity in opportunities, identity in opportunities, identity in opportunities, allocation of resources or resources and benefits, and
allocation of resources or allocation of resources or allocation of resources or benefits, or in access to access to services.
benefits and access to benefits and access to benefits and access to services.
services. services. services.
Gender Equity - Gender Equity - Gender Equity - Gender Equity - Gender Equity –
refers to fairness and refers to fairness and fairness and justice in the refers to fairness and refers to fairness and justice
justice in the distribution of justice in the distribution of distribution of benefits and justice in the distribution of in the distribution of benefits
benefits and benefits and responsibilities between benefits and and responsibilities between
responsibilities between responsibilities between women and men, and responsibilities between women and men, and often
women and men, and women and men, and often requires women- women and men, and requires women-specific
often requires women- often requires women- specific projects and often requires women- projects and programs to
specific projects and specific projects and programs to end existing specific projects and eliminate existing
programs to end existing programs to end existing inequalities. programs to end existing inequalities, inequities,
inequalities. inequalities. inequalities. policies and practices
unfavorable to women.
Healthcare Healthcare Healthcare Healthcare 1) Government
Service Providers - refers Service Providers - refers Service Providers - refers Service Providers - refers Authority means any authority
to (a) health care to (a) health care to (a) health care to (a) a health care
institution, which is duly institution, which is duly institution, which is duly institution, which is duly of any branch,
licensed and accredited licensed and accredited licensed and accredited licensed and accredited instrumentality, agency of the
and devoted primarily to and devoted primarily to and devoted primarily to and devoted primarily to National Government or any
the maintenance and the maintenance and the maintenance and the maintenance and local government unit.
operation of facilities for operation of facilities for operation of facilities for operation of facilities for
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health promotion, disease health promotion, health promotion, health promotion,
prevention, diagnosis, prevention, diagnosis, prevention, diagnosis, prevention, diagnosis,
treatment, and care of treatment, and care of treatment, and care of treatment, and care of
individuals suffering from individuals suffering from individuals suffering from individuals suffering from
illness, disease, injury, illness, disease, injury, illness, disease, injury, illness, disease, injury,
disability or deformity, or in disability or deformity, or in disability or deformity, or in disability or deformity, or in
need of obstetrical or other need of obstetrical or other need of obstetrical or other need of obstetrical or other
medical and nursing care; medical and nursing care; medical and nursing care; medical and nursing care;
(b) a health care (b) a health care (b) a health care (b) a health care
professional, who is a professional, who is any professional, who is any professional, who is any
doctor of medicine, nurse, doctor of medicine, nurse, doctor of medicine, nurse, doctor of medicine, nurse,
or midwife; (c) public or midwife; (c) public or midwife; (c) public or midwife; (c) public
health worker engaged in health worker engaged in health worker engaged in health workers engaged in
the delivery of health care the delivery of health care the delivery of health care the delivery of health care
services; and (d) barangay services; and (d) barangay services; and (d) barangay services; and (d) barangay
health worker who has health worker who has health worker who has health workers who has
undergone training undergone training undergone training undergone training
programs under any programs under any programs under any programs under any
accredited government accredited government accredited government accredited government
and non-government and non-government and non-government and non-government
organization and who organization and who organization and who organization and who
voluntarily renders voluntarily renders voluntarily renders voluntarily renders
primarily health care primarily health care primarily health care primarily health care
services in the community services in the community services in the community services in the community
after having been after having been after having been after having been
accredited to function as accredited to function as accredited to function as accredited to function as
such by the local health such by the local health such by the local health such by the local health
board in accordance with board in accordance with board in accordance with board in accordance with
the guidelines the guidelines the guidelines the guidelines
promulgated by the promulgated by the promulgated by the promulgated by the
Department of Health Department of Health Department of Health Department of Health
(DOH). (DOH). (DOH). (DOH).
HIV (Human HIV (Human HIV (Human

Immunodeficiency Virus) Immunodeficiency Virus) Immunodeficiency Virus)
- refers to the virus which - refers to the virus which - refers to the virus which
causes AIDS. causes AIDS. causes AIDS.
Male Male Male Male involvement Male involvement
Responsibility - refers to Responsibility - refers to Responsibility - refers to and participation - refers and participation – refers
the involvement, the involvement, the involvement, to the effort, commitment to the involvement,
commitment, commitment, commitment, and joint responsibility of participation, commitment
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accountability, and accountability, and accountability, and men with women in all and joint responsibility of
responsibility of males in responsibility of males with responsibility of males with areas of sexual and men with women in all
relation to women in all women in all areas of women in all areas of reproductive health, as areas of sexual and
areas of sexual and sexual and reproductive sexual and reproductive well as the care of reproductive health, as well
reproductive health as well health as well as the health as well as the care reproductive health as reproductive health
as the protection and protection and promotion of reproductive health concerns specific to men. concerns specific to men.
promotion of reproductive of reproductive health concerns specific to men.
health concerns specific to concerns specific to men.
men.
Maternal Death Maternal Death Maternal Death Maternal Death Maternal Death
Review - refers to a Review - refers to a Review - refers to a Review - refers to a Review – refers to a
qualitative and in-depth qualitative and in-depth qualitative and in-depth qualitative and in-depth qualitative and in-depth
study of the causes of study of the causes of study of the causes of study of the causes of study of the causes of
maternal death with the maternal death with the maternal death with the maternal death with the maternal death with the
primary purpose of primary purpose of primary purpose of primary purpose of primary purpose of
preventing future deaths preventing future deaths preventing future deaths preventing future deaths preventing future deaths
through changes or through changes or through changes or through changes or through changes or
additions to programs, additions to programs, additions to programs, additions to programs, additions to the programs,
plans and policies. plans and policies. plans and policies. plans and policies. plans and policies.
Menopausal and
post-menopausal women
– are women beyond their
mid-thirties who have
started experiencing
symptoms related to
menopause such as hot
flushes, profuse
menopausal bleeding, etc.,
or have completed their
menopausal phase.
Modern Methods Modern Methods Modern Methods Modern Methods
of Family Planning - of Family Planning - of Family Planning - of Family Planning -
refers to safe, effective refers to safe, effective refers to safe, effective refers to safe, effective
and legal methods to and legal methods to and legal methods to and legal methods to
prevent pregnancy such prevent pregnancy such prevent pregnancy such prevent pregnancy such
as the pill, intra-uterine as the pill, intra-uterine as the pill, intra-uterine as the pill, intra-uterine
device (IUD), injectables, device (IUD), injectables, device (IUD), injectables, device (IUD), injectables,
condom, ligation, condom, ligation, condom, ligation, condom, ligation,
vasectomy, and modern vasectomy, and modern vasectomy, and modern vasectomy, and modern
natural family planning natural family planning natural family planning natural family planning
methods which include methods which include methods which include methods include
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mucus, Billings, ovulation, mucus, Billings, ovulation, mucus, Billings, ovulation, mucus/billing/ ovulation,
lactational amenorrhea, lactational amenorrhea, lactational amenorrhea, lactational amenorrhea,
basal body temperature, basal body temperature, basal body temperature, basal body temperature
and Standard Days and Standard Days and Standard Days and standard days
methods. methods. methods. method.
People Living People Living People Living
with HIV (PLWH) - refers with HIV (PLWH) - refers with HIV (PLWH) - refers
to individuals whose HIV to individuals whose HIV to individuals whose HIV
tests indicate that they are tests indicate that they are tests indicate that they are
infected with HIV. infected with HIV. infected with HIV.
Population and
Development - refers to a
program that aims to: (1)
help couples and parents
achieve their desired
family size; (2) improve
reproductive health of
individuals by addressing
reproductive health
problems; (3) contribute to
decreased maternal and
infant mortality rates and
early child mortality; (4)
reduce incidence of
teenage pregnancy; (5)
enable government to
achieve a balanced
population distribution; and
(6) recognize the linkage
between population and
sustainable human
development.
Primary health
care – refers to essential
health care based on
practical, scientifically
sound and socially
acceptable methods and
technology made
universally accessible to
individuals and families in
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the community through their
full participation and at a
cost that the community and
country can afford to
maintain at every stage of
their development in the
spirit of self-reliance and
self-determination. It is the
first level of contact of
individuals, the family and
community with the national
health system bringing
health care as close as
possible to where people
live and work, and
constitutes the first element
of a continuing health care
process.
Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive
Health - refers to the state health - refers to the state health - refers to the state health - refers to the state health – refers to the state
of complete physical, of complete physical, of complete physical, of complete physical, of physical, mental and
mental and social well- mental and social well- mental and social well- mental and social social well-being and not
being and not merely the being and not merely the being and not merely the wellbeing and not merely merely the absence of
absence of disease or absence of disease or absence of disease or the absence of disease or disease or infirmity, in all
infirmity, in all matters infirmity, in all matters infirmity, in all matters infirmity, in all matters matters relating to the
relating to the reproductive relating to the reproductive relating to the reproductive relating to the reproductive reproductive system and to
system and to its functions system and to its functions system and to its functions system and to its functions its functions and processes,
and processes. This and processes. This and processes. This and processes. This from birth to death. This
implies that people are implies that people are implies that people are implies that people are implies that people are able
able to enjoy responsible able to have a satisfying able to have a satisfying able to have a safe sex to have a satisfying and
and safe sex, that they and safe sex life, that they and safe sex life, that they life, that they have the safe sex life, that they have
have the capability to have have the capability to have the capability to capability to reproduce the capability to reproduce
children and the freedom reproduce and the reproduce and the and the freedom to decide and the freedom to decide
to decide if, when and how freedom to decide if, when freedom to decide if, when if, when and how often to if, when and how often to do
often to do so. This further and how often to do so, and how often to do so, do so, provided that these so, provided that these are
implies that women and provided that these are not provided that these are not are not against the law. not against the law. This
men attain equal against the law. This against the law. This This further implies that further implies that women
relationships in matters further implies that women further implies that women women and men attain and men are afforded equal
related to sexuality and and men attain equal and men attain equal equal relationships in status in matters related to
reproduction. relationships in matters relationships in matters matters related to sexual sexual relations and
related to sexual relations related to sexual relations relations and reproduction. reproduction.
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and reproduction. and reproduction.
Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Health
Health Care - the access Health Care - the access Health Care - the access Health Care - refers to the Care – refers to the
to a full range of methods, to a full range of methods, to a full range of methods, access to a full range of availability of and access to
techniques, facilities and techniques, facilities and techniques, facilities and methods, techniques, a full range of methods,
services that contribute to services that contribute to services that contribute to facilities and services that techniques, supplies and
reproductive health and reproductive health and reproductive health and contribute to reproductive services that contribute to
well-being by preventing well being by preventing well-being by preventing health and well being by reproductive and sexual
and solving reproductive and solving reproductive and solving reproductive preventing and solving health and well-being by
health-related problems. It health-related problems. It health-related problems. It reproductive health-related preventing and solving
also includes sexual also includes sexual also includes sexual problems. It also includes reproductive health-related
health, the purpose of health, the purpose of health, the purpose of sexual health, the purpose problems in order to
which is the enhancement which is the enhancement which is the enhancement of which is the achieve enhancement of life
of life and personal of life and personal of life and personal enhancement of life and and personal relations. The
relations. The elements of relations. The elements of relations. The elements of personal relations. The elements of reproductive
reproductive health care reproductive health care reproductive health care elements of reproductive health care include:
include: include: include: health care include: a. Maternal, infant and
a. maternal, infant a. maternal, infant and a. maternal, infant and a. maternal, infant and child health and
and child health and child health and child health and child health and nutrition;
nutrition, including nutrition, including nutrition, including nutrition including b. Promotion of
breastfeeding breastfeeding breastfeeding; breastfeeding; breastfeeding;
b. family planning family planning b. family planning b. family planning c. Information and
information and information and information and information and services related to
services; services services; services; fertility management;
c. proscription of c. prevention of abortion c. prevention of abortion c. prevention and d. Prevention of abortion
abortion and and management of and management of management of post- and management of
management of abortion complications; abortion complications; abortion post-abortion
abortion complications; d. d. adolescent and complications; complications;
d. adolescent and reproductive health; youth reproductive d. adolescent and youth e. Prevention and
youth reproductive e. prevention and health; reproductive health; management of
health; management of e. prevention and e. prevention and reproductive tract
e. prevention and reproductive tract management of management of infections (RTIs),
management of infections (RTIs), HIV reproductive tract reproductive tract HIV/AIDS and other
reproductive tract and AIDS and other infections (RTIs), HIV infections (RTIs), sexually transmittable
infections (RTIs), HIV sexually transmittable and AIDS and other HIV/AIDS and other infections (STIs);
and AIDS and and infections (STIs); sexually transmittable sexually transmittable f. Elimination of violence
other sexually f. elimination of violence infections (STIs); infections (STIs); against women;
transmittable infections against women; f. elimination of violence f. elimination of violence g. Education and
(STIs); g. education and against women; against women; counseling on sexuality
f. elimination of counseling on g. education and g. education and and sexual and
violence against sexuality and sexual counseling on counseling on reproductive health;
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women; health; sexuality and sexual sexuality and sexual h. Treatment of breast
g. education and h. treatment of breast health; health; and reproductive tract
counseling on and reproductive tract h. treatment of breast h. treatment of breast cancers and other
sexuality and cancers and other and reproductive tract and reproductive tract gynecological
reproductive health; gynecological cancers and other cancers and other conditions;
h. treatment of conditions and gynecological gynecological i. Male involvement and
breast and disorders; conditions and conditions and participation in
reproductive tract i. male responsibility and disorders; disorders; reproductive health;
cancers and other participation in i. male responsibility and i. male involvement and j. Prevention and
gynecological reproductive health; participation in participation in treatment of infertilitiy
conditions and and reproductive health; reproductive health;
disorders; j. prevention and and and
i. male responsibility treatment of infertility j. prevention and j. prevention and
and participation in and sexual treatment of infertility treatment of infertility
reproductive health; dysfunction. and sexual and sexual
j. prevention and dysfunction; dysfunction.
treatment of infertility
and sexual
dysfunction; and
k. reproductive
health education for
the youth.
Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive
Health Care Program - health care program - Health Care program - Health Care Program -
refers to the systematic refers to the systematic refers to the systematic refers to the systematic,
and integrated provision of and integrated provision of and integrated provision of integrated provision of
reproductive health care to reproductive health care reproductive health care to reproductive health care
all citizens especially the elements to all citizens all citizens especially the services to all citizens
poor, marginalized and especially the poor, poor, marginalized and especially the poor,
those in vulnerable marginalized and those in those in vulnerable marginalized and those in
situations. vulnerable situations. situations. vulnerable situations.
Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive

Health Rights - the rights rights - the rights of rights - the rights of rights - refers to the rights
of individuals and couples individuals and couples, individuals and couples, of individuals and couples,
to decide freely and to decide freely and to decide freely and subject to applicable laws,
responsibly whether or not responsibly whether or not responsibly whether or not to: (a) decide freely and
to have children; to to have children; the to have children; the responsibly the number,
determine the number, number, spacing and number, spacing and spacing and timing of their
spacing and timing of their timing of their children; to timing of their children; to children; (b) make other
children; to make allied make other decisions make other decisions decisions concerning
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decisions concerning concerning reproduction concerning reproduction reproduction free of
reproduction free of free of discrimination, free of discrimination, discrimination, coercion
discrimination, coercion coercion and violence; to coercion and violence; to and violence; (c) have the
and violence; to have have the information and have the information and information and means to
relevant information; and means to do so; and to means to do so; and to do so; and (d) attain the
to attain the highest attain the highest standard attain the highest standard highest standard of sexual
condition of sexual and of sexual and reproductive of sexual and reproductive and reproductive health.
reproductive health. health health
Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive
Health and Sexuality Health and Sexuality Health and Sexuality Health and Sexuality Health Care Information Health Education – refers
Education - refers to a Education - refers to Education - refers to Education - refers to the – Notwithstanding any to the process of acquiring
lifelong learning process of lifelong learning process of lifelong learning process of process of providing other provision of law, no complete, accurate and
providing and acquiring providing and acquiring providing and acquiring complete, accurate and government authority shall relevant information on all
complete, accurate and complete, accurate and complete, accurate and relevant information on all in or through any program matters relating to the
relevant information and relevant information and relevant information and matters relating to or activity, administered or reproductive system, its
education on reproductive education on reproductive education on reproductive reproductive health. assisted by such authority, functions and processes
health and sexuality health and sexuality health and sexuality that provides health care and human sexuality; and
through life skills through life skills through life skills services or information, forming attitudes and beliefs
education and other education and other education and other limit the right of any about sex, sexual identity,
approaches. approaches approaches person to provide, or the interpersonal relationships,
right of any person to affection, intimacy and
receive , non-fraudulent gender roles. It also
information about the includes developing the
availability of reproductive necessary skills to be able
health care services, to distinguish between facts
including family planning, and myths on sex and
prenatal care and adoption sexuality; and critically
services. evaluate and discuss the
moral, religious, social and
cultural dimensions of
related sensitive issues
such as contraception and
abortion.
Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive tract
Tract Infection (RTI) - tract infection (RTI) - tract infection (RTI) - tract infection (RTl) – infection (RTI) – refers to
refers to sexually refers to sexually refers to sexually includes sexually sexually transmitted
transmitted infections, and transmitted infections, and transmitted infections, and transmitted infections, and infections, sexually
other types of infections other types of infections other types of infections other types of infections transmitted diseases and
affecting the reproductive affecting the reproductive affecting the reproductive affecting the reproductive other types of infections
system. system system system. affecting the reproductive
system.
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Responsible Responsible
Parenthood - refers to the Parenthood – refers to the
will, ability and will, ability, competency and
commitment of parents to commitment of parents to
adequately respond to the respond to the physical,
needs and aspirations of psychosocial, intellectual,
the family and children by moral and cultural needs
responsibly and freely and aspirations of the family
exercising their as a unit as well as of each
reproductive health rights. individual member of the
family.
Sexually “Sexually Sexually
Transmitted Infections Transmitted Infections Transmitted Infections
(STIs) - refers to any (STIs)” - refers to any (STIs) -refers to any
infection that may be infection that may be infection that may be
acquired or passed on acquired or passed on acquired or passed on
through sexual contact. through sexual contact. through sexual contact.
Skilled Attendant Skilled Attendant Skilled Attendant Skilled Attendant Skilled Birth
- an accredited health - an accredited health - an accredited health – refers to an accredited Attendant – refers to an
professional - such as a professional - such as a professional - such as a health professional such accredited health
midwife, doctor or nurse - midwife, doctor or nurse - midwife, doctor or nurse - as a midwife, doctor or professional such as a
who has been educated who has been educated who has been educated nurse who has been licensed midwife, doctor or
and trained to develop and trained to proficiency and trained to develop educated and trained to nurse who has adequate
proficiency in the skills in the skills needed to proficiency in the skills proficiency in the skills proficiency and the skills to
needed to manage normal manage normal needed to manage normal needed to manage normal manage normal
(uncomplicated) (uncomplicated) (uncomplicated) or uncomplicated (uncomplicated)
pregnancies, childbirth and pregnancies, childbirth and pregnancies, childbirth and pregnancies, childbirth and pregnancies, childbirth and
the immediate postnatal the immediate postnatal the immediate postnatal the immediate post-natal the immediate postnatal
period, and in the period, and in the period, and in the period, and in the period, and in the
identification, management identification, management identification, management identification, management identification, management
and referral of and referral of and referral of and referral of and referral of complication
complications in women complications in women complications in women complications in women in women and newborns.
and newborns; traditional and newborns; traditional and newborns; traditional and newborns. Traditional
birth attendants or birth attendants or birth attendants or Birth Attendants or
traditional midwives - traditional midwives - traditional midwives - traditional midwives-
trained or not - are trained or not - are trained or not - are trained or not-are excluded
excluded from this excluded from this excluded from this from this category.
category. category. category.
Skilled Birth Skilled Birth Skilled Birth Skilled Birth Skilled attendance
Attendance - childbirth Attendance - childbirth Attendance – childbirth Attendance – refers to – refers to childbirth
managed by a skilled managed by a skilled managed by a skilled childbirth managed by a managed by a skilled birth
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attendant plus the attendant plus the attendant plus the skilled attendant plus the attendant under the
enabling conditions of enabling conditions of enabling conditions of enabling conditions of enabling conditions of a
necessary equipment and necessary equipment and necessary equipment and necessary equipment and functional emergency
support of a functioning support of a functioning support of a functioning support of a functioning obstetric care and referral
health system, including health system, including health system, including health system, including system.
transport and referral transport and referral transport and referral transport and referral
facilities for emergency facilities for emergency facilities for emergency facilities for emergency
obstetric care. obstetric care. obstetric care. obstetric care.
Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable

Human Development - Human Development - Human Development - Human Development – Human Development –
refers to bringing people, refers to bringing people – refers to bringing people - refers to bringing people refers to the totality of the
particularly the poor and particularly the poor and particularly the poor and particularly the poor and process of expanding
vulnerable, to the center of vulnerable – to the center vulnerable - at the center vulnerable, at the center of human choices by enabling
development process, the of development process, of development process, development process, the people to enjoy long,
central purpose of which is the central purpose of the central purpose of central purpose of which is healthy and productive
the creation of an enabling which is the creation of an which is the creation of an the creation of an enabling lives, affording them access
environment in which all enabling environment in enabling environment in environment in which all to resources needed for a
can enjoy long, healthy which all can enjoy long, which all can enjoy long, can enjoy long, healthy decent standard of living
and productive lives, and healthy and creative lives, healthy and creative lives, and creative lives, and and assuring continuity and
done in a manner that and done in a manner that and done in a manner that done in a manner that acceleration of development
promotes their rights and promotes their rights and promotes their rights and protects the life by achieving a balance
protects the life protects the life protects the life opportunities of future between and among a
opportunities of future opportunities of future opportunities of future generations and the manageable population,
generations and the generations and the generations and the natural ecosystem on adequate resources and a
natural ecosystem on natural ecosystem on natural ecosystem on which all life depends. healthy environment.
which all life depends. which all life depends. which all life depends.
Women of childbearing
age – are adolescents,
youths and women from 15
years old to 49 years old.
CHAPTER 4
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
OF WOMEN 20 TO 39
YEARS OLD
SEC. 5. Midwives SEC. 5. Midwives SEC. 5. Midwives SEC. 5. Midwives SEC. 10. Skilled
for Skilled Attendance - for Skilled Attendance - for Skilled Attendance - for Skilled Birth Birth Attendants - Every
The Local Government The Local Government The Local Government Attendance - The Local city and municipality shall
Units (LGUs) with the Units (LGUs) with Units (LGUs) with Government Units (LGUs) endeavor to employ
assistance of the assistance of the assistance of the with assistance of the adequate number of
Department of Health Department of Health Department of Health Department of Health midwives or other skilled
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(DOH), shall employ an (DOH), shall employ an (DOH), shall employ an (DOH), shall deploy an attendants to achieve a
adequate number of adequate number of adequate number of adequate number of minimum ratio of one (1) for
midwives to achieve a midwives to achieve a midwives to achieve a midwives to achieve a every one hundred fifty
minimum ratio of one (1) minimum ratio of one (1) minimum ratio of one (1) minimum ratio of one (1) (150) deliveries per year, to
fulltime skilled birth fulltime skilled birth fulltime skilled birth fulltime skilled birth be based on the average
attendant for every one attendant for every one attendant for every one attendant for every one annual number of actual
hundred fifty (150) hundred fifty (150) hundred fifty (150) hundred fifty (150) deliveries or live births for
deliveries per year, to be deliveries per year, to be deliveries per year, to be deliveries per year, to be the past two years. They
based on the annual based on the annual based on the annual based on the annual shall provide for the
number of actual deliveries number of actual deliveries number of actual deliveries number of actual deliveries development and
or live births for the past or live births for the past or live births for the past or live births for the past implementation of a
two years; Provided, That two years. Provided, that two years. Provided, that two years. continuing program for
people in geographically people in geographically people in geographically training of birth attendants,
isolated and depressed isolated and depressed isolated and depressed and ensure that skilled birth
areas shall be provided areas shall have the same areas shall have the same attendants receive the
the same level of access. level of access. level of access. commensurate wage as
stipulated in the Magna
Carta for Health Workers.
The category of Skilled Birth
Attendants shall fall within
the purview of “health
workers,” and as such,
skilled birth attendants are
entitled to the rights and
privileges stipulated in the
Magna Carta for Health
Workers.
SEC. 6. SEC. 6. SEC. 6. SEC. 6. SEC. 11.
Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Emergency Obstetric
Care - Each province and Care - Each province and Care - Each province and Care - Each province and Care – Each province and
city, with the assistance of city shall ensure the city shall ensure the city shall ensure the city shall endeavor to
the DOH, shall establish or establishment or establishment or establishment or ensure the establishment
upgrade hospitals with upgrading of hospitals with upgrading of hospitals with upgrading of hospitals with and operation of public
adequate and qualified adequate and qualified adequate and qualified adequate and qualified hospitals with adequate and
personnel, equipment and personnel, equipment and personnel, equipment and personnel, equipment and qualified personnel that
supplies to be able to supplies to be able to supplies to be able to supplies to be able to provide affordable
provide emergency provide emergency provide emergency provide emergency emergency obstetric care,
obstetric care. For every obstetric care. For every obstetric care. For every obstetric care. At the very as well as sufficient
500,000 population, there 500,000 population, there 500,000 population, there least, for every 500,000 resources for the delivery of
shall be at least one (1) shall be at least one (1) shall be at least one (1) population, there shall be quality health services. For
hospital for comprehensive hospital for comprehensive hospital for comprehensive at least one (1) hospital for every 500,000 population,
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emergency obstetric care emergency obstetric care emergency obstetric care comprehensive there shall be at least one
and four (4) hospitals for and four (4) hospitals for and four (4) hospitals for emergency obstetric care (1) hospital for
basic emergency obstetric basic emergency obstetric basic emergency obstetric and four (4) hospitals for comprehensive emergency
care; Provided, That care, provided, that people care, provided, that people basic emergency obstetric obstetric care and four (4)
people in geographically in geographically isolated in geographically isolated care. hospitals for basic
isolated and depressed and depressed areas shall and depressed areas shall emergency obstetric care.
areas shall be provided have the same level of have the same level of
the same level of access. access. access.
SEC. 12. Minimum

Reproductive Health
Standards for Public
Lying-in Clinics and
Hospitals. The Department
of Health should promulgate
a set of minimum
Reproductive Health
standards for lying-in clinics
and hospitals, which shall
be included in the set of
criteria for accrediting these
health facilities. These
minimum Reproductive
Health standards should
provide for the monitoring of
high risk pregnant mothers,
and a minimum package of
reproductive health
programs that should be
available and affordable at
different levels of the public
health system, from the
lying-in clinic level to
secondary and tertiary
hospitals. It should also
include for nationally agreed
standards and local
protocols for integrated
antenatal care services and
timely referral and
management of
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complications. Reproductive
health care programs and
services at the primary
health care level should be
reinforced through the
promulgation of appropriate
policies, capacity building
programs and resource
investments.
SEC. 7. Access SEC. 7. Access SEC. 7. Access SEC. 7. Surgical
to Family Planning - All to Family Planning - All to Family Planning - All Family Planning - Modern
accredited health facilities accredited health facilities accredited health facilities family planning methods
shall provide a full range of shall provide full range of shall provide full range of requiring hospital services
modern family planning modern family planning modern family planning shall be available in all
methods, except in methods, except in methods, except in national and local
specialty hospitals which specialty hospitals which specialty hospitals which government hospitals,
may render such services may render such services may render such services except in specialty
on optional basis. For poor on optional basis. For poor on optional basis. For poor hospitals which may
patients, such services patients, such services patients, such services render such services on
shall be fully covered by shall be fully covered by shall be fully covered by optional basis. For poor
PhilHealth Insurance PhilHealth Insurance PhilHealth Insurance patients, such services
and/or government and/or government and/or government shall be fully covered by
financial assistance. financial assistance. financial assistance. PhilHealth Insurance
and/or government
financial assistance.
After the use of After the use of After the use of After the use of
any PhilHealth benefit any PhilHealth benefit any PhilHealth benefit any PhilHealth benefit
involving childbirth and all involving childbirth and all involving childbirth and all involving childbirth and all
other pregnancy-related other pregnancy-related other pregnancy-related other pregnancy-related
services, if the beneficiary service wherein the service wherein the service wherein the
wishes to space or prevent beneficiary wishes to beneficiary wishes to beneficiary wishes to
her next pregnancy, space or prevent her next space or prevent her next space or prevent her next
PhilHealth shall pay for the pregnancy, PhilHealth pregnancy, PhilHealth pregnancy, PhilHealth
full cost of family planning shall pay for the full cost of shall pay for the full cost of shall pay for the full cost of
for the next three (3) family planning for the next family planning for the next family planning for the next
years. The benefit three (3) years. The three (3) years. The three (3) years. Provided,
payments shall be benefit payments shall be benefit payments shall be that the beneficiary retains
channeled to appropriate channeled to appropriate channeled to appropriate her membership with
local or national local or national local or national PhilHealth. The benefit
government health government health government health payments shall be
facilities. facilities. facilities. channeled to appropriate
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local or national
government health
facilities.
SEC. 14. Hospital-
Based Fertility
Management - Tubal
ligation, vasectomy,
intrauterine device insertion
and other fertility
management methods
requiring hospital services
shall be available in all
national and local
government hospitals.
SEC. 8. Maternal SEC.8. Maternal SEC. 8. Maternal SEC. 8. Maternal SEC. 13. Maternal
Death Review - All Local Death Review - All Local Death Review - All Local Death Review - All Local Death Review - All LGUs,
Government Units (LGUs), Government Units (LGUs), Government Units (LGUs), Government Units (LGUs), national and local
national and local national and local national and local national and local government hospitals, and
government hospitals, and government hospitals, and government hospitals, and government hospitals, and other public health units
other public health units other public health units other public health units other public health units shall conduct maternal
shall conduct annual shall conduct annual shall conduct annual shall conduct annual death review in accordance
maternal death review in maternal death review in maternal death review in maternal death review in with the guidelines to be
accordance with the accordance with the accordance with the accordance with the issued by the DOH in
guidelines set by the DOH. guidelines set by the DOH. guidelines set by the DOH. guidelines to be issued by consultation with the
the DOH. POPCOM.
SEC. 9. Family SEC. 9. Family SEC. 9. Family SEC. 9. Family SEC. 15.
Planning Supplies as Planning Supplies as Planning Supplies as Planning Supplies as Contraceptives as
Essential Medicines - Essential Medicines - Essential Medicines - Essential Medicines - Essential Medicines -
Hormonal contraceptives, Hormonal contraceptives, Hormonal contraceptives, Hormonal contraceptives, Hormonal contraceptives,
intrauterine devices, intrauterine devices, intrauterine devices, intrauterine devices, intrauterine devices,
injectables and other safe injectables and other safe injectables and other safe injectables and other safe, injectables and other allied
and effective family and effective family and effective family effective and legal family reproductive health
planning products and planning products and planning products and planning products and products and supplies shall
supplies shall be part of supplies shall be part of supplies shall be part of supplies shall be included be considered under the
the National Drug the National Drug the National Drug under the category of category of essential
Formulary and the same Formulary and the same Formulary and the same essential medicines and medicines and supplies
shall be included in the shall be included in the shall be included in the supplies which shall form which shall form part of the
regular purchase of regular purchase of regular purchase of part of the National Drug National Drug Formulary
essential medicines and essential medicines and essential medicines and Formulary and the same and the same shall be
supplies of all national and supplies of all national and supplies of all national and shall be included in the included in the regular
local hospitals and other local hospitals and other local hospitals and other regular purchase of purchase of essential
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government health units government health units government health units essential medicines and medicines and supplies of
supplies of all national and all national and local
local hospitals and other hospitals and other
government health units. government health units.
SEC. 10. SEC. 10. SEC. 10. SEC. 10.
Procurement and Procurement and Procurement and Procurement and
Distribution of Family Distribution of Family Distribution of Family Distribution of Family
Planning Supplies - The Planning Supplies - The Planning Supplies - The Planning Supplies -The
DOH shall spearhead the DOH shall spearhead the DOH shall spearhead the DOH shall spearhead the
efficient procurement, efficient procurement, efficient procurement, efficient procurement,
distribution to LGUs and distribution to LGUs and distribution of to LGUs and distribution to LGUs and
usage-monitoring of family usage-monitoring of family usage-monitoring of family usage-monitoring of family
planning supplies for the planning supplies for the planning supplies for the planning supplies for the
whole country. The DOH whole country. The DOH whole country. The DOH whole country. The DOH
shall coordinate with all shall coordinate with all shall coordinate with all shall coordinate with all
appropriate LGU bodies to appropriate LGU bodies to appropriate LGU bodies to appropriate LGU bodies to
plan and implement this plan and implement this plan and implement this plan and implement this
procurement and procurement and procurement and procurement and
distribution program. The distribution program. The distribution program. The distribution program. The
supply and budget supply and budget supply and budget supply and budget
allotments shall be based allotments shall be based allotments shall be based allotments shall be based
on, among others, the on, among others, the on, among others, the on, among others, the
current levels and current levels and current levels and current levels and
projections of the projections of the projections of the projections of the
following: following: following: following:
a. numb a. a. a.
er of women of reproductive age and reproductive age and reproductive age and
reproductive age and couples who want to couples who want to couples who want to
couples who want to space or limit their space or limit their space or limit their
space or limit their children; children; children;
children; b. b. b.
b. contra rate, by type of method prevalence rate, by prevalence rate, by
ceptive prevalence used; and type of method used; type of method used;
rate, by type of method c. and and
used; and supplies. c. c.
c. cost of supplies. supplies.
family planning
supplies.
SEC. 11. Benefits SEC. 11. Benefits SEC. 11. Benefits
for Serious and Life- for Serious and Life- for Serious and Life-
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Threatening Threatening Threatening
Reproductive Health Reproductive Health Reproductive Health
Conditions - All serious Conditions - All serious Conditions - All serious
and life threatening and life threatening and life threatening
reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health
conditions such as HIV conditions such as HIV conditions such as HIV
and AIDS, breast and and AIDS, breast and and AIDS, breast and
reproductive tract cancers, reproductive tract cancers, reproductive tract cancers,
and obstetric and obstetric and obstetric
complications shall be complications shall be complications shall be
given the maximum given the maximum given the maximum
benefits as provided by benefits as provided by benefits as provided by
PhilHealth programs. PhilHealth programs. PhilHealth programs.
SEC. 12. Mobile SEC. 12. Mobile SEC. 12. Mobile SEC. 11. Mobile
Health Care Service - Health Care Service - Health Care Service - Health Care Service -
Each Congressional Each Congressional Each Congressional Each Congressional
District shall be provided District shall be provided District shall be provided District shall be provided
with at least one Mobile with the Mobile Health with the Mobile Health with a van to be known as
Health Care Service Care Service (MHCS) in Care Service (MHCS) in the Mobile Health Care
(MHCS) in the form of a the form of a van or other the form of a van or other Service (MHCS) to deliver
van or other means of means of transportation means of transportation health care goods and
transportation appropriate appropriate to coastal and appropriate to coastal and services to its constituents,
to coastal or mountainous mountainous areas. The mountainous areas. The more particularly to the
areas. The MHCS shall MHCS shall deliver health MHCS shall deliver health poor and needy, as well as
deliver health care goods care goods and services to care goods and services to disseminate knowledge
and services to its constituents, more its constituents, more and information on
constituents, more particularly to the poor and particularly to the poor and reproductive health. The
particularly to the poor and needy, as well as needy, as well as purchase of such vans
needy, and shall be used disseminate knowledge disseminate knowledge shall be funded from the
to disseminate knowledge and information on and information on Priority Development
and information on reproductive health. The reproductive health. The Assistance Fund (PDAF)
reproductive health. The purchase of such shall be purchase of such shall be of each Congressional
purchase of the MHCS funded from the Priority funded from the Priority District. The subsequent
shall be funded from the Development Assistance Development Assistance operation and
Priority Development Fund (PDAF) of each Fund (PDAF) of each maintenance of the MHCS
Assistance Fund (PDAF) Congressional District. Congressional District. shall be subject to an
of each Congressional The subsequent operation The subsequent operation agreement entered into
District. The operation and and maintenance of the and maintenance of the between the district
maintenance of the MHCS MHCS shall be subject to MHCS shall be subject to representative and the
shall be subject to an an agreement entered into an agreement entered into recipient province. The
agreement entered into between the district between the district MHCS shall be adequately
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between the district representative and the representative and the equipped with a wide
representative and the recipient province or cities. recipient province or cities. range of reproductive
recipient focal municipality The MHCS shall be The MHCS shall be health care materials and
or city. The MHCS shall be operated by skilled health operated by skilled health information dissemination
operated by skilled health providers and adequately providers and adequately devices and equipment,
providers and adequately equipped with a wide equipped with a wide the latter including but not
equipped with a wide range of reproductive range of reproductive limited to a television set
range of reproductive health care materials and health care materials and for audio-visual
health care materials and information dissemination information dissemination presentations. All MHCS
information dissemination devices and equipment, devices and equipment, shall be operated by LGUs
devices and equipment, the latter including but not the latter including but not of provinces and highly
the latter including, but not limited to a television set limited to a television set urbanized cities.
limited to, a television set for audio-visual for audio-visual
for audio-visual presentations. All MHCS presentations. All MHCS
presentations. All MHCS shall be operated by LGUs shall be operated by LGUs
shall be operated by a of provinces and highly of provinces and highly
focal city or municipality urbanized cities. urbanized cities.
within a congressional
district.
CHAPTER 2
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
OF GIRLS 12 YEARS OLD
AND BELOW
SEC. 13. SEC. 13. SEC. 13. SEC. 12. SEC. 7. Mandatory
Mandatory Age- Mandatory Age- Mandatory Age- Mandatory Age- Age-Appropriate
Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Reproductive Health
Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health and Education - Recognizing
Sexuality Education - Sexuality Education - Sexuality Education - Sexuality Education - the importance of
Age-appropriate Age-appropriate Age-appropriate Reproductive Health and reproductive health rights in
Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education in an empowering children and
Sexuality Education shall Sexuality Education shall Sexuality Education shall age-appropriate manner youth and developing them
be taught by adequately be taught by adequately be taught by adequately shall be taught by into responsible adults,
trained teachers in formal trained teachers in formal trained teachers in formal adequately trained Reproductive Health
and non-formal and non-formal and non-formal teachers starting from Education in an age-
educational system educational system educational system Grade 5 up to Fourth Year appropriate manner shall be
starting from Grade Five starting from Grade 5 starting from Grade 5 High School. Reproductive taught by adequately
up to Fourth Year High using life-skills and other using life-skills and other Health and Sexuality trained teachers starting
School using life-skills and approaches. Reproductive approaches. Reproductive Education shall commence from preschool up to Grade
other approaches. Health and Sexuality Health and Sexuality at the start of the school VI.
Reproductive Health and Education shall commence Education shall commence year immediately following
Sexuality Education shall at the start of the school at the start of the school one year from the In order to assure the
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commence at the start of year immediately following year immediately following effectivity of this Act. The prior training of teachers on
the school year one year from the one year from the Department of Education reproductive health, the
immediately following one effectivity of this Act. The effectivity of this Act. The (DEPED) shall formulate implementation of
year from the effectivity of Department of Education Department of Education the Sexuality Education Reproductive Health
this Act to allow the (DEPED), Commission on (DEPED), Commission on curriculum, which shall be Education shall commence
training of concerned Higher Education (CHED), Higher Education (CHED), common to both public at the start of the school
teachers. The Department TESDA, and Department TESDA, and Department and private schools, based year one year following the
of Education (DEPED), of Social Welfare and of Social Welfare and on but not limited to the effectivity of this Act. The
Commission on Higher Development (DSWD), Development (DSWD), following subjects: Department of Education,
Education (CHED), and the Department of and the Department of with support from the
TESDA, Department of Health (DOH) shall Health (DOH) shall Commission on Population
Social Welfare and formulate the RH and formulate the RH and and the Department of
Development (DSWD), Sexuality Education Sexuality Education Health, shall formulate the
and the Department of curriculum. Such curriculum. Such Reproductive Health
Health (DOH) shall curriculum shall be curriculum shall be Education curriculum, which
formulate the RH and common to both public common to both public shall be common to both
Sexuality Education and private schools, out of and private schools, out of public and private schools
curriculum. Such school children, youth and school children, youth and and shall include related
curriculum shall be adults in the Alternative adults in the Alternative population and development
common to both public Learning System (ALS) Learning System (ALS) concepts in addition to the
and private schools, out of based on but not limited to based on but not limited to following subjects and
school youth, and the following contents: the following contents: standards:
enrollees in the Alternative Psycho-Social Wellbeing, Psycho-Social Wellbeing,
Learning System (ALS) Legal and Ethical aspects Legal and Ethical aspects
based on, but not limited of RH, Demography and of RH, Demography and
to, the following contents: RH and Physical RH and Physical
psycho-social wellbeing, Wellbeing. Wellbeing.
legal aspects of RH,
demography and RH and
physical wellbeing.
Age-appropriate Age-appropriate Age-appropriate a. Knowledge and skills a . VAC-prevention
reproductive health and reproductive health and reproductive health and in self-protection education, including
sexuality education shall sexuality education shall sexuality education shall against teaching children to discern
be integrated in all be integrated in all be integrated in all discrimination, sexual between a “safe touch” and
relevant subjects and shall relevant subjects and shall relevant subjects and shall violence, sexual an “unsafe or unwanted
include, but not limited to, include, but not limited to include, but not limited to, abuse, STIs, HIV and touch” safety lessons;
the following topics: the following topics: the following topics: AIDS and teen b . Reproductive
a. Values formation; a. Values formation a. Values formation pregnancy health and sexual rights
b. Knowledge and b. Knowledge and b. Knowledge and b. Values formation c . Reproductive
skills in self skills in self skills in self c. Physical, Social and health care and services
protection against protection against protection against Emotional Changes in d . Attitudes, beliefs
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discrimination, discrimination, discrimination, Adolescents and values on sexual
sexual violence and sexual violence and sexual violence and d. Children and development, sexual
abuse, and teen abuse, and teen abuse, and teen women’s rights behavior and sexual health;
pregnancy; pregnancy. pregnancy e. Fertility awareness
c. Physical, social c. Physical, social c. Physical, Social f. Population and
and emotional and emotional and Emotional development
changes in changes in Changes in education
adolescents; adolescents Adolescents g. Responsible
d. Children’s and d. Children’s and d. Children’s and relationship
women’s rights; women’s rights women’s rights h. Family planning
e. Fertility e. Fertility awareness e. Fertility awareness methods
awareness; f. STI, HIV and AIDS f. STI, HIV and AIDS i. Proscription and
f. STI, HIV and g. Population and g. Population and hazards of abortion
AIDS; development development j. Gender and
g. Population and h. Responsible h. Responsible development
development; relationship relationship k. Responsible
h. Responsible i. Family planning i. Family planning parenthood
relationship; methods method;
i. Family planning j. Proscription and j. Proscription and
methods; hazards of abortion hazards of abortion
j. Proscription and k. Gender and k. Gender and
hazards of abortion; development development
k. Gender and l. Responsible l. Responsible
development; and parenthood parenthood.
l. Responsible
parenthood.
The DepEd, The DepEd, The DepEd, The DepEd shall In support of the
CHED, DSWD, TESDA, CHED, DSWD, TESDA, CHED, DSWD, TESDA, provide concerned parents natural and primary right of
and DOH shall provide and DOH shall provide and DOH shall provide with adequate and parents in the rearing of the
concerned parents with concerned parents with concerned parents with relevant scientific children and youth, the
adequate and relevant adequate and relevant adequate and relevant materials on the age- POPCOM shall provide
scientific materials on the scientific materials on the scientific materials on the appropriate topics and concerned parents with
age-appropriate topics and age-appropriate topics and age-appropriate topics and manner of teaching adequate and relevant
manner of teaching manner of teaching manner of teaching reproductive health scientific materials on the
reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health education to their children. age-appropriate topics and
education to their children. education to their children. education to their children. This shall be manner of teaching
complementary to the reproductive health
parents’ role in rearing education to their children.
their children. Non-formal
education programs shall
likewise include the above-
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mentioned Reproductive
Health Education.
CHAPTER 3
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS
AND YOUNG WOMEN (13
TO 19 YEARS OLD)
SEC. 8. Mandatory
Age-Appropriate
Reproductive Health
Education in Schools -
Reproductive Health
Education in an age-
appropriate manner shall be
taught by adequately
trained teachers in the
secondary and tertiary
levels. In order to assure
the prior training of teachers
on reproductive health, the
implementation of
Reproductive Health
Education shall commence
at the start of the school
year one year following the
effectivity of this Act.
The Department of
Education and the
Commission on Higher
Education, shall formulate
the Reproductive Health
Education curriculum, which
shall be common to both
public and private schools
and shall include related
population and development
concepts in addition to the
following subjects and
standards:
a. Reproductive health
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and sexual rights;
b. Reproductive health
care and services;
c. Attitudes, beliefs and
values on sexual
development, sexual
behavior and sexual
complications;
d. Proscription and
hazards of abortion and
management of post-
abortion complications;
e. Responsible
parenthood;
f. Use and application of
natural and modern
fertility management
methods to promote
reproductive health,
achieve desired family
size and prevent
unwanted, unplanned
and mistimed
pregnancies;
g. Prevention and
treatment of HIV/AIDS
and other STIs/STDs,
prostate cancer, breast
cancer, cervical cancer
and other
gynecological
disorders;
h. Responsible sexuality;
and
i. Maternal, peri-natal
and post-natal
education, care and
services.
In support of the
natural and primary right of
parents in the rearing of the
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youth, the DepEd shall
provide concerned parents
with adequate and relevant
scientific materials on the
age-appropriate topics and
manner of teaching
reproductive health
education to their children.
SEC. 9. Mandatory
Age-Appropriate Health
Education in non-formal
education programs -
Public, non-government and
private organizations
implementing non-formal
education programs
catering to the youth shall
likewise include the
abovementioned
Reproductive Health
Education. The DepEd shall
provide other public and
non-government
organizations with adequate
and relevant scientific
materials on the age-
appropriate topics and
manner of teaching
reproductive health
education to their children.
SEC. 14.
Additional Duty of
Family Planning Office -
Each local Family
Planning Office shall
furnish free instructions
and information on family
planning, responsible
parenthood, breastfeeding
and infant nutrition to all
applicants for marriage
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license.
SEC. 15. SEC. 16.
Certificate of Certificate of Compliance
Compliance - No - No marriage license shall
marriage license shall be be issued by the Local Civil
issued by the Local Civil Registrar unless the
Registrar unless the applicants present a
applicants present a Certificate of Compliance
Certificate of Compliance issued for free by the local
issued for free by the local Fertility Management Office
Family Planning Office certifying that they had duly
certifying that they had received adequate
duly received adequate instructions and information
instructions and on fertility management,
information on family responsible parenthood,
planning, responsible breastfeeding and infant
parenthood, breastfeeding nutrition.
and infant nutrition.
SEC. 16. SEC. 14. SECTION 14. SEC. 13. SEC. 17.
Capability Building of Capability Building of Capability Building of Capability Building of Capability Building of
Barangay Health Barangay Health Barangay Health Barangay Health Community-Based
Workers - Barangay Workers - Barangay Workers - Barangay Workers - Barangay Volunteer Workers -
Health Workers and other Health Workers and other Health Workers and other Health Workers shall Community-based volunteer
community-based health community-based health community-based health undergo training on the workers, like but not limited
workers shall undergo workers shall undergo workers shall undergo promotion of reproductive to, Barangay Health
training on the promotion training on the promotion training on the promotion health and shall receive at Workers, shall undergo
of reproductive health and of reproductive health and of reproductive health and least 10% increase in additional and updated
shall receive at least 10% shall receive at least 10% shall receive at least 10% honoraria upon successful training on the delivery of
increase in honoraria, increase in honoraria increase in honoraria completion of training. The reproductive health care
provided that those provided that those provided that those increase in honoraria shall services and shall receive
receiving less than P1,000 receiving less than P1,000 receiving less than P1,000 be funded from the not less than 10% increase
monthly shall receive at shall receive at least 20% shall receive at least 20% Gender and Development in honoraria upon
least 20% increase upon increase upon successful increase upon successful (GAD) budget of the Local successful completion of
successful completion of completion of training. This completion of training. This Government Units. training. The increase in
training. This increase in increase in honoraria shall increase in honoraria shall honoraria shall be funded
honoraria shall be funded be funded from the be funded from the from the Gender and
from the Gender and Gender and Development Gender and Development Development (GAD) budget
Development (GAD) (GAD) budget or other (GAD) budget or other of the National Economic
budget and from the sources of funds of the sources of funds of the and Development Authority
national fund on Financial Local Government Units. Local Government Units. (NEDA), Department of
Assistance to Local Health (DOH) and the
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Government Units or its Department of Interior and
equivalent as provided for Local Government (DILG).
in the annual General
Appropriations Act.
SEC. 17. Ideal
Family Size - The State
shall assist couples,
parents and individuals to
achieve their desired
family size within the
context of responsible
parenthood for sustainable
development and
encourage them to have
two children as the ideal
family size. Attaining the
ideal family size is neither
mandatory nor
compulsory. No punitive
action shall be imposed on
parents having more than
two children.
Employers’ Employers’ Employers’ Employers’ Employers’
Responsibilities - The Responsibilities - The Responsibilities - The Responsibilities - The Responsibilities.
Department of Labor and Department of Labor and Department of Labor and Department of Labor and Employers in both the public
Employment (DOLE) shall Employment (DOLE) shall Employment (DOLE) shall Employment (DOLE) shall and private sectors shall
ensure that employers ensure that employers ensure that employers ensure that employers respect the reproductive
respect the reproductive respect the reproductive respect the reproductive respect the reproductive health rights of all their
rights of workers. rights of workers. rights of workers. rights of their workers. workers. Women shall not
Consistent with the intent Consistent with Article 134 Consistent with Article 134 Employers with less than be discriminated against in
of Article 134 of the Labor of the Labor Code, of the Labor Code, 200 workers shall enter the matter of hiring,
Code, employers with employers with more than employers with more than into partnership with regularization of
more than 200 employees 200 employees shall 200 employees shall hospitals, health facilities, employment status or
shall provide reproductive integrate the provision of integrate the provision of and or health selection for retrenchment.
health services to all reproductive health reproductive health professionals in their areas Employers
employees in their own services to all employees services to all employees for the delivery of are obliged to ensure proper
respective health facilities. in their respective health in their respective health reproductive health protection of women
Those with less than 200 facilities. Those with less facilities. Those with less services. All Collective workers handling or working
workers shall enter into than 200 workers shall than 200 workers shall Bargaining Agreements with chemicals known to
partnerships with enter into partnership with enter into partnership with (CBAs) shall provide for cause cancer, birth defects
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hospitals, health facilities, hospitals, health facilities, hospitals, health facilities, the free delivery of and other reproductive
and/or health and or health and or health reasonable reproductive harm.
professionals in their areas professionals in their areas professionals in their areas health care services and Employers
for the delivery of for the delivery of for the delivery of devices to workers, more are obliged to monitor
reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health particularly the women. pregnant working
services. services. services. employees among their
workforce and ensure that
they are provided paid half-
day prenatal medical leaves
for each month of the
pregnancy period that the
pregnant employee is
employed in their company
or organization. These paid
prenatal medical leaves
shall be reimbursable from
the SSS or GSIS, as the
case may be.
All Collective
Bargaining Agreements
(CBAs) shall provide for the
free delivery by the
employer of reasonable
quantity of reproductive
health care services,
supplies and devices to all
workers, more particularly
women workers. In
establishments or
enterprises where there are
no CBAs or where the
employees are
unorganized, the employer
shall have the same
obligation.
Employers shall Employers shall Employers shall Employers shall
furnish in writing the also uphold the right of all also uphold the right of all also uphold the right of
following information to all workers to know work workers to know work women to know work
employees and applicants: conditions which may conditions which may conditions which affect
a. The medical affect their health, affect their health, their health, particularly
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and health benefits particularly those related particularly those related those related with their
which workers are with their reproductive with their reproductive reproductive health.
entitled to, including health. Employers shall health. Employers shall Employers shall furnish in
maternity and paternity furnish in writing the furnish in writing the writing the following
leave benefits and the following information to all following information to all information to women
availability of family employees and applicants: employees and applicants: employees and
planning services; a. The medical and a. The medical and applicants:
b. The health benefits which health benefits which a. The medical and
reproductive health workers are entitled workers are entitled to, health benefits which
hazards associated to, including maternity including maternity workers are entitled
with work, including and paternity leave and paternity leave to, including maternity
hazards that may benefits and the benefits and the leave benefits and the
affect their availability of family availability of family availability of family
reproductive functions planning services; planning services; planning services;
especially pregnant b. The reproductive b. The reproductive b. The reproductive
women; and health hazards health hazards health hazards
c. The associated with work, associated with work, associated with work,
availability of health including hazards that including hazards that including hazards that
facilities for workers. may affect their may affect their may affect their
reproductive functions reproductive functions maternal functions;
especially pregnant especially pregnant and
women; women; c. The availability of
c. The availability of c. The availability of facilities for women
health facilities for health facilities for which are required
workers. workers. under Presidential
Decree No. 442, as
amended, also known
as the Labor Code,
Article 132.
SEC. 19. Mothers

with infants and
preschool children.
Barangay day care centers
should prioritize enrollment
of infants and preschool
children of teenage and
primi mothers who need to
find work for their family’s
economic survival and for
working mothers.
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SEC. 20. Sexual and
Reproductive Health
programs for persons
with disabilities (PWDs).
City and municipalities must
ensure that barriers to
reproductive health services
for persons with disabilities
are obliterated by: a)
providing physical access,
and resolving transportation
and proximity issues to
clinics, hospitals and places
where public health
education is provided,
contraceptives are sold or
distributed or other places
where reproductive health
services are provided; b)
adapting examination tables
and other laboratory
procedures to the needs
and conditions of persons
with disabilities; c)
increasing access to
information and
communication materials on
sexual and reproductive
health in Braille, large print,
simple language, and
pictures; d) providing
continuing education no
inclusion rights of persons
with disabilities among
health-care providers; and
(e) undertaking activities to
raise awareness and
address misconceptions
among the general public
on the stigma and their lack
of knowledge on the sexual
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and reproductive health
needs and rights of persons
with disabilities.
SEC. 21. Mental
health services as
essential component of
Reproductive Health Care
Programs. Mental health is
related to many aspects of
Sexual and Reproductive
Health. These include,
among others, perinatal
depression and suicide,
mental health and
psychological
consequences of gender-
based violence, or
HIV/AIDS, feelings of loss
and guilty after miscarriage,
stillbirth, or unsafe abortion.
Measures to promote the
mental and psychological
well-being of pregnant
mothers should be
incorporated into the health
programs of lying-in clinics
and public hospitals.
SEC. 21. Sexuality
and Reproductive Health
Education. Regular
educational seminars and
activities on sexuality and
reproductive health must be
implemented by public
health centers and lying-in
clinics, the costs for which
should be sourced from the
LGU GAD budget.
SEC. 22. Infertility.
The capabilities of lying-in
clinics and public hospital to
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counsel women and
couples with infertility
problems must be
enhanced. Fertility work up
programs must be
implemented in at least one
tertiary public hospital per
municipality or city.
CHAPTER 5
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
OF MENOPAUSAL AND
POST-MENOPAUSAL
WOMEN
SEC. 23. Making
reproductive health
procedures affordable
and accessible to
marginalized women of
menopausal or post-
menopausal age.
Hysterectomy or hormonal
replacement therapy for
menopausal or post-
menopausal women, pap
smears, and related
reproductive health
procedures required by
women of post-menopausal
or post-menopausal age
must be affordable and
accessible to marginalized
women. It should be
considered among the
medical procedures that can
be applied for health
financing through the
PhilHealth.
SEC. 24. Programs
for women with cancer of
the reproductive system.
Marginalized women
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seeking medical treatments
for any cancer of the
reproductive system should
be eligible for PhilHealth
financing for such
treatments. They and their
families must be supported
through educational and
counseling programs at
public hospitals.
SEC. 19. Multi- SEC. 16. Multi- SEC. 16. Multi- SEC. 15. Multi-
Media Campaign - The Media Campaign - The Media Campaign - The Media Campaign - The
DOH shall initiate and DOH shall initiate and DOH shall initiate and DOH shall initiate and
sustain a heightened sustain a heightened sustain a heightened sustain a heightened
nationwide multi-media nationwide multi-media nationwide multi-media nationwide multi-media
campaign to raise the level campaign to raise the level campaign to raise the level campaign to raise the level
of public awareness of the of public awareness on the of public awareness on the of public awareness on the
protection and promotion protection and promotion protection and promotion protection and promotion
of reproductive health and of reproductive health and of reproductive health and of reproductive health and
rights including family rights including family rights including family rights including family
planning and population planning and population planning and population planning and population
and development. and development. and development. and development.
CHAPTER 6
OTHER SPECIAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 25. Research
on reprohealth issues,
including appropriate
fibromyalgia diagnosis
and treatment among
Filipino women. The
Department of Health,
through its Maternal and
Heath program, must
promulgate researches on
fibromyalgia and other
relevant health issues
affecting women’s
reproductive health.
SEC. 26. Pro Bono
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Services for Indigent
Women. Private and non-
government reproductive
health care service
providers, including but not
limited to gynecologists and
obstetricians, are mandated
to provide at least 200
hours annually of
reproductive health services
ranging from providing
information and education,
to rendering medical
services free of charge to
indigent and low income
patients, especially to
pregnant adolescents.
These 200 hours annual pro
bono services shall be
included as prerequisite in
the accreditation and the
renewal of relevant
professional licenses.
CHAPTER 8
INSTITUTIONAL
MECHANISMS
SEC. 28. Roles and
Responsibilities of
Government Agencies
SEC. 20. SEC.17. SEC. 17. SEC. 16.
Implementing Implementing Implementing Implementing
Mechanisms - Pursuant mechanisms mechanisms mechanisms
to the herein declared a. Department of
policy, the DOH and the a. Pursu a. a. Pursuant to the Health – shall ensure
Local Health Units in cities ant to the herein declared herein declared policy, the herein declared policy, the availability and accessibility
and municipalities shall policy, the DOH and the DOH and the Local Health DOH and the Local Health of quality health services at
serve as the lead agencies Local Health Units shall Units shall serve as the Units shall serve as the all levels of the health
for the implementation of serve as the lead agencies lead agencies for the lead agencies for the system and coordinate with
this Act and shall integrate for the implementation of implementation of this Act implementation of this Act concerned LGUs, NGOs,
in their regular operations this Act and shall integrate and shall integrate in their and shall integrate in their private health sector and
the following functions: in their regular operations regular operations the regular operations the hospitals in delivery of
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the following functions: following functions: following functions: related health services.
Together with the PRC, it
shall monitor compliance
with the mandatory 200-
hour pro bono services for
private reproductive health
service providers as one
prerequisite in accreditation
and the renewal of the
licenses.
j. Ensure full and i. Fully and efficiently i. Fully and efficiently 1. Fully and efficiently
efficient implement the implement the implement the
implementation of the Reproductive Health Reproductive Health Reproductive Health
Reproductive Health Care Program; Care Program; Care Program;
Care Program;
k. Ensure ii. Ensure people’s ii. Ensure people’s 2.
people’s access to access to medically access to medically to medically safe,
medically safe, legal, safe, legal, quality and safe, legal, quality and legal, quality and
effective, quality and affordable reproductive affordable reproductive affordable
affordable reproductive health goods and health goods and reproductive health
health goods and services; services; goods and services;
services;
l. Ensure iii. Ensure that iii. Ensure that 3.
that reproductive reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health
health services are services are delivered services are delivered services are delivered
delivered with a full with a full range of with a full range of with a full range of
range of supplies, supplies, facilities and supplies, facilities and supplies, facilities and
facilities and equipment and that equipment and that equipment and that
equipment and that service providers are service providers are service providers are
service providers are adequately trained for adequately trained for adequately trained for
adequately trained for such reproductive such reproductive such reproductive
such reproductive health care delivery; health care delivery; health care delivery;
health care delivery;
m. Take iv. Take active steps to iv. Take active steps to 4.
active steps to expand expand the coverage expand the coverage the Philippine Health
the coverage of the of the National Health of the National Health Insurance
National Health Insurance Program Insurance Program Corporation
Insurance Program (NHIP), especially (NHIP), especially (PhilHealth),
(NHIP), especially among poor and among poor and especially among
among poor and marginalized women, marginalized women, poor and
marginalized women, to include the full to include the full marginalized women,
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to include the full range of reproductive range of reproductive to include the full
range of reproductive health services and health services and range of reproductive
health services and supplies as health supplies as health health services and
supplies as health insurance benefits; insurance benefits; supplies as health
insurance benefits; insurance benefits;
e. Streng v. Strengthen the v. Strengthen the 5.

then the capacities of capacities of health capacities of health capacities of health
health regulatory regulatory agencies to regulatory agencies to regulatory agencies to
agencies to ensure ensure safe, high- ensure safe, high- ensure safe, high-
safe, legal, effective, quality, accessible, quality, accessible and quality, accessible
quality, accessible and and affordable affordable reproductive and affordable
affordable reproductive reproductive health health services and reproductive health
health services and services and commodities with the services and
commodities with the commodities with the concurrent commodities with the
concurrent concurrent strengthening and concurrent
strengthening and strengthening and enforcement of strengthening and
enforcement of enforcement of regulatory mandates enforcement of
regulatory mandates regulatory mandates and mechanisms; regulatory mandates
and mechanisms; and mechanisms; and mechanisms;
f. Facilit vi. Facilitate the vi. Facilitate the 6.
ate the involvement involvement and involvement and involvement and
and participation of participation of non- participation of non- participation of non-
non-government government government government
organizations and the organizations and the organizations and the organizations and the
private sector in private sector in private sector in private sector in
reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health
care service delivery care service delivery care service delivery care service delivery
and in the production, and in the production, and in the production, and in the production,
distribution and distribution and distribution and distribution and
delivery of quality delivery of quality delivery of quality delivery of quality
and family planning and family planning and family planning and family planning
supplies and supplies and supplies and supplies and
commodities to make commodities to make commodities to make commodities to make
them accessible and them accessible and them accessible and them accessible and
affordable to ordinary affordable to ordinary affordable to ordinary affordable to ordinary
citizens; citizens; citizens; citizens;
g. Furnis vii. Furnish local vii. Furnish local 7.
h local government government units with government units with government units with
units with appropriate appropriate appropriate appropriate
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information and information and information and information and
resources to keep resources to keep the resources to keep resources to keep
them updated on latter updated on them updated on them updated on
current studies and current studies and current studies and current studies and
researches relating to researches relating to researches relating to researches relating to
family planning, family planning, family planning, family planning,
responsible responsible responsible responsible
parenthood, parenthood, parenthood, parenthood,
breastfeeding and breastfeeding and breastfeeding and breastfeeding and
infant nutrition; and infant nutrition; and infant nutrition; and infant nutrition; and
h. Perfor viii. Perform such other viii. Perform such other 8.
m such other functions necessary functions necessary functions necessary
functions necessary to attain the purposes to attain the purposes to attain the purposes
to attain the purposes of this Act. of this Act. of this Act.
of this Act.
The Population b. The POPCOM, as b. The POPCOM, as b. The POPCOM, as
Commission, (POPCOM) an attached an attached an attached
as an attached agency of agency of DOH, agency of DOH, agency of DOH,
DOH, shall serve as the shall serve as shall serve as shall serve as the
coordinating body in the the coordinating the coordinating coordinating body
implementation of this Act body in the body in the in the
and shall have the implementation implementation implementation of
following functions: of this Act and of this Act and this Act and shall
shall have the shall have the have the following
following following functions:
functions: functions:
a. Integrate on a i. Integrate on a i. Integrate on a 1. Integrate on a
continuing basis the continuing basis the continuing basis the continuing basis the
interrelated interrelated interrelated interrelated
and population and population and population and population
development agenda development agenda development agenda development agenda
consistent with the into a national policy, into a national policy, into a national policy,
herein declared taking into account taking into account taking into account
national policy, taking regional and local regional and local regional and local
into account regional concerns; concerns; concerns;
and local concerns;
b. Provide the ii. Provide the ii. Provide the 2. Provide the
mechanism to ensure mechanism to ensure mechanism to ensure mechanism to ensure
active and full active and full active and full active and full
participation of the participation of the participation of the participation of the
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private sector and the private sector and the private sector and the private sector and the
citizenry through their citizenry through their citizenry through their citizenry through their
organizations in the organizations in the organizations in the organizations in the
planning and planning and planning and planning and
implementation of implementation of implementation of implementation of
care and population care and population care and population care and population
and development development programs development programs development programs
programs and projects; and projects; and projects; and projects; and
c. Conduct sustained and iii. Conduct sustained and iii. Conduct sustained and 3. Conduct sustained and
effective information effective information effective information effective information
drives on sustainable drives on sustainable drives on sustainable drives on sustainable
human development human development human development human development
and on all methods of and on all methods of and on all methods of and on all methods of
family planning to family planning to family planning to family planning to
prevent unintended, prevent unintended, prevent unintended, prevent unintended,
unplanned and unplanned and unplanned and unplanned and
mistimed pregnancies. mistimed pregnancies. mistimed pregnancies. mistimed pregnancies.
b. The Department
of Education, Culture and
Sports and the Commission
on Higher Education shall
ensure the implementation
of mandatory age-
appropriate Reproductive
Health education program in
schools. It shall develop
culture-sensitive curriculum
to be used in all areas, and
integrate these curriculum
into non-formal education
programs and other
alternative learning
systems, especially
indigenous peoples (IPs)
communities/areas. It shall
initiate and sustain an
intensified nationwide multi-
media campaign to raise the
level of public awareness on
the urgent need to protect
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and promote reproductive
health and rights, and to
popularize the government
policy on reproductive
health, with the support of
the Commission on
Population and the
Philippine Information
Agency. They shall develop
an advocacy framework for
the policy and attendant
programs and initiate the
advocacy of this program,
which shall target girls and
women of various age
groups.
c. Department of
Labor and Employment
shall establish mechanisms
to monitor regularly work
settings and factories with
more than 100 women
workers to ensure
compliance with Section 18
on Employers’
Responsibilities.
d. Family Planning
Office – Each local family
planning office shall furnish
free instructions and
information on fertility
management, responsible
parenthood, breastfeeding
and infant nutrition to all
applicants for marriage
license.
All programs should
be participatory and should
ensure involvement of
stakeholders including
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NGOs and Church-
based/religious organization
groups, communities and
girls and women
themselves.
Reporting Requirements Reporting Requirements Reporting Requirements Reporting Requirements Monitoring and Reporting
- Before the end of April of - Before the end of April - Before the end of April – Before the end of April System. The State, through
each year, the DOH shall each year, the DOH shall each year, the DOH shall each year, the DOH shall the Department of Health,
submit an annual report to submit an annual report to submit an annual report to submit an annual report to shall lead the setting up of a
the President of the the President of the the President of the the President and to the database for the monitoring,
Philippines, the President Philippines. The report Philippines. The report Congress of the reporting and response to
of the Senate and the shall provide a definitive shall provide a definitive Philippines. The report cases of reproductive health
Speaker of the House of and comprehensive and comprehensive shall provide the issues.
Representatives. The assessment of the assessment of the Reproductive Health The State,
report shall provide a implementation of its implementation of its Program, a definitive and through the Department of
definitive and programs and those of programs and those of comprehensive Health, in coordination with
comprehensive other Government other Government assessment of the other concerned
assessment of the agencies and agencies and implementation of its Government agencies, shall
implementation of its instrumentalities, civil instrumentalities, civil programs and those of ensure the implementation
programs and those of society and the private society and the private other Government of the provisions in this Act.
other Government sector and recommend sector and recommend agencies and
agencies and appropriate priorities for appropriate priorities for instrumentalities, civil Before the end of
instrumentalities, civil executive and legislative executive and legislative society and the private April of each year, the DOH
society and the private actions. The report shall actions. The report shall sector and recommend shall submit an annual
sector and recommend be printed and distributed be printed and distributed appropriate priorities for report to the President of
appropriate priorities for to all national agencies, to all national agencies, executive and legislative the Philippines, the
executive and legislative the LGUs, civil society and the LGUs, civil society and actions. The report shall President of the Senate,
actions. The report shall the private sector the private sector be printed and distributed and the Speaker of the
be printed and distributed organizations involved in organizations involved in to all national agencies, Hose of Representatives on
to all national agencies, said programs. said programs. the LGUs, civil society and a definitive and
the LGUs, civil society and the private sector comprehensive assessment
the private sector organizations involved in of the implementation of this
organizations involved in said programs. Act and shall make the
said programs. necessary
recommendations for
executive and legislative
action. The report shall be
posted in the website of
DOH and printed copies
shall be made available to
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stakeholders, including the
congressional oversight
committee.
The annual report The annual report The annual report The annual report
shall evaluate the content, shall evaluate the content, shall evaluate the content, shall evaluate the content,
implementation and impact implementation, and implementation, and implementation, and
of all policies related to impact of all policies impact of all policies impact of all policies
reproductive health and related to reproductive related to reproductive related to reproductive
family planning to ensure health, and family planning health, and family planning health, and family planning
that such policies promote, to ensure that such to ensure that such to ensure that such
protect and fulfill policies promote, protect policies promote, protect policies promote, protect
reproductive health and and fulfill women’s and fulfill women’s and fulfill women's
rights, particularly of reproductive health and reproductive health and reproductive health and
parents, couples and rights. rights. rights.
women.
SEC. 28.
Congressional Oversight
Committee. There is
hereby created a
Congressional Oversight
Committee composed of
five (5) members from the
Senate and five (5)
members from the House of
Representatives. The
members from the Senate
shall be appointed by the
Senate President based on
proportional representation
of the parties or coalition
therein with at least one (1)
member representing the
Minority. The members from
the House of
Representatives shall be
appointed by the Speaker,
also based on proportional
representation of the parties
or coalitions therein with at
least one (1) member
representing the Minority.
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The Committee
shall be headed by the
respective Chairs of the
Senate Committee on
Youth, Women and Family
Relations and the House of
Representatives Committee
on Women and Gender
Equality. The Secretariat of
the Congressional
Oversight Committee shall
come from the existing
Secretariat personnel of the
Committees of the Senate
and the House of
Representatives concerned.
The Committee
shall monitor and ensure
the effective implementation
of this Act, determine the
inherent weakness and
loopholes in the law,
recommend the necessary
remedial legislator or
administrative measures
and perform such other
duties and functions as may
be necessary to attain the
objectives of this Act.
CHAPTER 7
PROHIBITED ACTS
SEC. 22. SEC. 18. SEC. 18. SEC. 17. SEC. 27. Unlawful
Prohibited Acts -The Prohibited Acts -The Prohibited Acts - The Prohibited Acts - The or Prohibited Acts - It
following acts are following acts are following acts are following acts are shall be unlawful for any
prohibited: prohibited: prohibited: prohibited: person, including
Government personnel and
a) Any a) Any a) Any a) Any officials to:
healthcare service healthcare service healthcare service healthcare service
provider, whether public provider, whether public provider, whether public provider, whether public
or private, who shall: or private, who shall: or private, who shall: or private, who shall:
1. Knowingly withhold 1. Knowingly withhold 1. Knowingly withhold 1. Knowingly withhold a) Knowingly withhold
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information or information or restrict information or restrict information or restrict information or impede
restrict the the dissemination the dissemination the dissemination the dissemination
dissemination thereof, and/or thereof, and/or thereof, and/or thereof, and/or
thereof, and/or intentionally provide intentionally provide intentionally provide intentionally provide
intentionally provide incorrect information incorrect information incorrect information incorrect information
incorrect regarding programs regarding programs regarding programs regarding programs
information and services on and services on and services on and services on
regarding programs reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health
and services on including the right to including the right to including the right to including the right to
reproductive health, informed choice and informed choice and informed choice and informed choice and
including the right access to a full range access to a full range access to a full range access to a full range
to informed choice of legal, medically- of legal, medically- of legal, medically- of legal, medically-safe
and access to a full safe and effective safe and effective safe and effective and effective fertility
range of legal, family planning family planning family planning management methods;
medically-safe and methods; methods; methods, as well as
effective family the information
planning methods; required under
Section 14 of this Act;
2. Refuse to perform 2. Refuse to perform 2. Refuse to perform 2. Refuse to perform b) Refuse to perform
legal and medically- legal and medically- legal and medically- legal and medically- voluntary ligation and
safe reproductive safe reproductive safe reproductive safe reproductive vasectomy and other
health procedures health procedures on health procedures on healthcare and legal and medically-
on any person of any person of legal any person of legal services on any safe reproductive
legal age on the age on the ground of age on the ground of person of legal age health services on any
ground of lack of lack of third party lack of third party on the ground of lack person of legal age on
third party consent consent or consent or of third party consent the ground of lack of
or authorization. In authorization. In case authorization. In case or authorization. In spousal consent or
case of married of married persons of married persons case of married authorization;
persons, the mutual the mutual consent of the mutual consent of persons the mutual c) Refuse to provide
consent of the the spouses shall be the spouses shall be consent of the reproductive health
spouses shall be preferred. However in preferred. However in spouses shall be care services to an
preferred. However case of disagreement, case of disagreement, required. However in abused minor, whose
in case of the decision of the the decision of the case of disagreement, abused condition is
disagreement, the one undergoing the one undergoing the the decision of the certified by the proper
decision of the one procedure shall procedure shall one undergoing the official or personnel of
undergoing the prevail. In the case of prevail. In the case of procedure shall the Department of
procedure shall abused minors where abused minors where prevail. In the case of Social Welfare and
prevail. In the case parents and/or other parents and/or other abused minors with Development (DSWD)
of abused minors family members are family members are parents and/or other or to duly DSWD-
where parents the perpetrators as the perpetrators as family members as certified abused
and/or other family certified to by the certified to by the perpetrators as pregnant minor on
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members are the Department of Social Department of Social certified to by the whose case no
perpetrators as Welfare (DSWD) and Welfare (DSWD) and Department of Social parental consent is
certified to by the Development, no prior Development, no prior Welfare (DSWD) and necessary.
Department of parental consent shall parental consent shall Development and/or
Social Welfare and be necessary; and be necessary; and local social welfare
Development offices, no prior
(DSWD), no prior parental consent shall
parental consent be necessary; and
shall be necessary;
and
d) Fail to provide, either
deliberately or through
gross or inexcusable
negligence,
reproductive health
care services as
mandated under this
Act, the Local
Government Code of
1991, the Labor Code,
and Presidential
Decree 9, as amended;
3. Refuse to extend 3. Refuse to extend 3. Refuse to extend 3. Refuse to extend e) Refuse to extend
health care services quality health care quality health care quality health care reproductive health
and information on services and services and services and care services and
account of the information on information on information on information on account
person’s marital account of the account of the account of the of the patient’s civil
status, gender, person’s marital person’s marital person’s marital status, gender or
sexual orientation, status, gender, sexual status, gender, sexual status, gender, sexual sexual orientation, age,
age, religion, orientation, age, orientation, age, orientation, age, religion, personal
personal religion, personal religion, personal religion, personal circumstances, and
circumstances, or circumstances, or circumstances, or circumstances, or nature of work:
nature of work; nature of work, nature of work, nature of work, Provided, That all
Provided, That, the provided that, the provided that, the provided that, the conscientious
conscientious conscientious conscientious conscientious objections of health
objection of a objection of a objection of a objection of a care service providers
healthcare service healthcare service healthcare service healthcare service based on religious
provider based on provider based on provider based on provider based on grounds shall be
his/her ethical or his/her ethical or his/her ethical or his/her ethical or respected: Provided,
religious beliefs religious beliefs shall religious beliefs shall religious beliefs shall further, That the
shall be respected; be respected; be respected; be respected; conscientious objector
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however, the however, the however, the however, the shall immediately refer
conscientious conscientious conscientious conscientious the person seeking
objector shall objector shall objector shall objector shall such care and services
immediately refer immediately refer the immediately refer the immediately refer the to another health care
the person seeking person seeking such person seeking such person seeking such service provider within
such care and care and services to care and services to care and services to the same facility or one
services to another another healthcare another healthcare another healthcare which is conveniently
healthcare service service provider service provider service provider accessible: Provided,
provider within the within the same within the same within the same finally, That the patient
same facility or one facility or one which is facility or one which is facility or one which is is not in an emergency
which is conveniently conveniently conveniently or serious case as
conveniently accessible; provided accessible; provided accessible; provided defined in RA
accessible; further that the person further that the person further that the person 8344penalizing the
Provided, further, is not in an is not in an is not in an refusal of hospitals and
That the person is emergency condition emergency condition emergency condition medical clinics to
not in an or serious case as or serious case as or serious case as administer appropriate
emergency defined in RA 8344 defined in RA 8344 defined in RA 8344 initial medical treatment
condition or serious penalizing the refusal penalizing the refusal penalizing the refusal and support in
case as defined in of hospitals and of hospitals and of hospitals and emergency and serious
RA 8344 penalizing medical clinics to medical clinics to medical clinics to cases.
the refusal of administer administer administer
hospitals and appropriate initial appropriate initial appropriate initial
medical clinics to medical treatment medical treatment medical treatment
administer and support in and support in and support in
appropriate initial emergency and emergency and emergency and
medical treatment serious cases. serious cases. serious cases.
and support in
emergency and
serious cases.
(c)Any public official who, b. Any public official b. Any public official b. Any public official with f) Any public official who
personally or through a who, personally or who, personally or power and authority prohibits or restricts
subordinate, prohibits through a through a over any subordinate personally or through a
or restricts the delivery subordinate, prohibits subordinate, prohibits who shall prohibit or subordinate the
of legal and medically- or restricts the or restricts the intentionally restrict delivery of legal and
safe reproductive health delivery of legal and delivery of legal and provision of legal and medically-safe
care services, including medically-safe medically-safe medically-safe reproductive health
family planning; or reproductive health reproductive health reproductive care services, including
forces, coerces or care services, care services, healthcare services, fertility management.
induces any person to including family including family including family
use such services. planning; or forces, planning; or forces, planning to such
coerces or induces coerces or induces subordinate.
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any person to use any person to use
such services. such services.
(d) Any employer or c. Any employer who c. Any employer who c. Any employer who g) Any employer who
his representative who shall require or cause shall require or cause shall require or cause shall fail to comply with
shall require an any applicant for any applicant for a female applicant for his obligation under
employee or applicant, employment or an employment or an employment or an Section 17 of this Act
as a condition for employee to: submit employee to: submit employee to submit or an employer who
employment or himself/herself to himself/herself to herself to sterilization requires a female
continued employment, sterilization; use any sterilization; use any or any contraceptive applicant or employee,
to undergo sterilization contraceptive method; contraceptive method; method, as a as a condition for
or use or not use any or not use such or not use such condition for employment or
family planning method; methods as a methods as a employment or continued employment,
neither shall pregnancy condition for condition for continued to involuntarily undergo
be a ground for non- employment or employment or employment. sterilization, tubal
hiring or termination of continued continued ligation or any other
employment. employment. Further, employment. Further, form of contraceptive
pregnancy shall not pregnancy shall not method;
be a ground for non- be a ground for non-
hiring or termination hiring or termination
from employment. from employment.
(e)Any person who shall h) Any person who shall
falsify a certificate of falsify a certificate of
compliance as required compliance as required
in Section 15 of this in Section 14 of this
Act; and Act; and
(f) Any person who i) Any person who
maliciously engages in maliciously engages in
disinformation about the disinformation about
intent or provisions of the intent or provisions
this Act. of this Act.
CHAPTER 9
FINAL PROVISIONS AND
PRESCRIPTION OF
CRIME
SEC. 23. SEC. 19. SEC.. 19. SEC. 18. SEC. 29. Penalties
Penalties - Any Penalties - Any violation Penalties - Any violation Penalties - Any violation and Sanctions - Any
commission of the of this act shall be of this act shall be of this act shall be person who is found guilty
foregoing prohibited acts penalized by imprisonment penalized by imprisonment penalized by imprisonment of violating any section of
or violation of this Act shall ranging from one (1) ranging from one (1) ranging from one (1) this Act shall be fined a
be penalized by month to six (6) months or month to six (6) months or month to six (6) months or penalty ranging from One
imprisonment ranging from imposed a fine of Ten imposed a fine of Ten imposed a fine of Twenty Hundred Thousand Pesos
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one (1) month to six (6) Thousand (P 10,000.00) to Thousand (P 10,000.00) to Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000.00) to Three
months or a fine of Ten Fifty Thousand Pesos (P Fifty Thousand Pesos (P (P20,000.00) or both such Hundred Thousand Pesos
Thousand (P 10,000.00) to 50,000.00) or both such 50,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment at (Php300,000.00). If the
Fifty Thousand Pesos (P fine and imprisonment at fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court, offender is a juridical
50,000.00) or both such the discretion of the court, the discretion of the court, provided that if the person, the penalty shall be
fine and imprisonment at provided that if the provided that if the offender is a public official, imposed upon the
the discretion of the offender is a public official, offender is a public official, s/he shall also be president, treasurer,
competent court; Provided s/he shall also be s/he shall also be administratively liable. secretary or any responsible
That, if the offender is a administratively liable. administratively liable. officer. An offender who is
public official or employee, an alien shall, after service
he or she shall suffer the of sentence, be deported
accessory penalty of immediately without further
dismissal from the proceedings by the Bureau
government service and of Immigration. An offender
forfeiture of retirement who is a public officer or
benefits. If the offender is employee shall suffer the
a juridical person, the accessory penalty of
penalty shall be imposed dismissal from the
upon the president or any government service.
responsible officer. An Violators of
offender who is an alien this Act shall be civilly liable
shall, after service of to the offended party in
sentence, be deported such amount at the
immediately without further discretion of the proper
proceedings by the Bureau court.
of Immigration. This
Section shall not prejudice
the application of other
existing criminal, civil and
administrative liabilities that
may be imposed upon the
person.
SEC. 30. Non-
prescription. The crimes
defined and penalized
under this Act, their
prosecution, and the
execution of sentences
imposed on their account,
shall not be subject to any
prescription.
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CHAPTER 10
FINAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 31. Rules and
Regulation - Unless
otherwise provided in this
Act, the Department of
Health shall promulgate
rules and regulations for the
effective implementation of
this Act.
SEC. 24. SEC. 21. SEC. 21. SEC. SEC. 32.
Appropriations - The Appropriations - The Appropriations - The 20.Appropriations - The Appropriations - The
amounts appropriated in amounts appropriated in amounts appropriated in amounts appropriated in amounts appropriated in the
the current annual General the current annual General the current annual General the current annual General current annual General
Appropriations Act for Appropriations Act for Appropriations Act for Appropriations Act for Appropriations Act for
reproductive health and reproductive health and reproductive health and reproductive health and reproductive health and
natural and artificial family natural and artificial family natural and artificial family family planning under the fertility management under
planning under the DOH planning under the DOH planning under the DOH DOH and POPCOM shall the DOH and POPCOM
and POPCOM and other and POPCOM and other and POPCOM and other be allocated and utilized together with ten percent
concerned agencies shall concerned agencies shall concerned agencies shall for the implementation of (10%) of the Gender and
be allocated and utilized be allocated and utilized be allocated and utilized this Act. Such additional Development (GAD)
for the initial for the implementation of for the implementation of sums necessary to provide budgets of all government
implementation of this Act. this Act. Such additional this Act. Such additional for family planning departments, agencies,
Such additional sums sums necessary to provide sums necessary to provide commodity requirements bureaus, offices and
necessary to implement for the upgrading of for the upgrading of as outlined in Sec. 9, and instrumentalities funded in
this Act; provide for the facilities necessary to facilities necessary to for other reproductive the annual General
upgrading of facilities meet Basic Emergency meet Basic Emergency health services, shall be Appropriations Act in
necessary to meet Basic Obstetric Care and Obstetric Care and included in the subsequent accordance with Republic
Emergency Obstetric Care Comprehensive Comprehensive years' General Act No. 7192 (Women in
and Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care Emergency Obstetric Care Appropriations Act. Development and Nation-
Emergency Obstetric Care standards; the training and standards; the training and building Act) and Executive
standards; train and deployment of skilled deployment of skilled Order No. 273 (Philippine
deploy skilled health health providers, natural health providers, natural Plan for Gender-
providers; procure family and artificial family and artificial family Responsive Development
planning supplies and planning commodity planning commodity 1995-2025) shall be
commodities as provided requirements as outlined requirements as outlined allocated and utilized for the
in Sec. 10; and implement in Sec. 10, and for other in Sec. 10, and for other implementation of this Act.
other reproductive health reproductive health reproductive health Such additional sums as
services, shall be included services, shall be included services, shall be included may be necessary for the
in the subsequent years' in the subsequent years' in the subsequent years' effective implementation of
General Appropriations general appropriations. general appropriations. this Act shall be included in
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Acts. the subsequent years’
General Appropriations Act.
Implementing Rules and Implementing Rules and Implementing Rules and Implementing Rules and Implementing Rules and
Regulations - Within thirty Regulations – Within Regulations - Within thirty Regulations - Within thirty Regulations - Within sixty
(30) days from the thirty (30) days from the (30) days from the (30) days from the (60) days from the
effectivity of this Act, the effectivity of this Act, the effectivity of this Act, the effectivity of this Act, the effectivity of this Act, the
Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health shall
National Economic and National Economic and National Economic and National Economic and promulgate, after thorough
Development Authority, Development Authority, Development Authority, Development Authority consultation with the
Department of Education, Department of Education, Department of Education, and Commission on Department of Education,
and the Department of and the Department of and the Department of Population shall jointly Commission on Population
Social Welfare and Social Welfare and Social Welfare and promulgate, after thorough (POPCOM), the National
Development, in sustained Development, together Development, together consultation with health Economic Development
and meaningful with non-government, with non-government, and national multi-sectoral Authority (NEDA),
consultation with non- women’s, people’s, and women’s, people’s, and non-government concerned non-
government, women’s, civil society organizations civil society organizations organizations, the rules government organizations
people’s, and civil society shall jointly promulgate, shall jointly promulgate, and regulations for the (NGOs) and known
organizations, shall jointly the rules and regulations the rules and regulations effective implementation of reproductive health
promulgate, the rules and for the effective for the effective this Act and shall ensure advocates, the requisite
regulations for the implementation of this Act. implementation of this Act. the full dissemination of implementing rules and
effective implementation of At least 30% of the At least 30% of the the same to the public. regulations.
this Act. At least 30% of members of the drafting members of the drafting
the members of the committee shall come from committee shall come from
drafting committee shall said organizations. Full said organizations. Full
come from aforesaid dissemination of the dissemination of the
organizations. Full Implementing Rules and Implementing Rules and
dissemination of the Regulations to the public Regulations to the public
Implementing Rules and shall be ensured. shall be ensured.
Regulations to the public
shall be ensured.
SEC. 26. SEC. 23. SEC. 23. SEC. 22. SEC. 5. Separability SEC. 34. Separability
Separability Clause - If Separability Clause - If Separability Clause - If Separability Clause - If Clause. – If any provision, Clause - If any part, section
any part or provision of any part, section or any part, section or any part, SEC. or provision or part hereof is held or provision of this Act is
this Act is held invalid or provision of this Act is held provision of this Act is held of this Act is held invalid or held invalid or
invalid or unconstitutional,
unconstitutional, other invalid or unconstitutional, invalid or unconstitutional, unconstitutional, other unconstitutional, other
provisions not affected other provisions not other provisions not provisions not affected the remainder of the law or provisions not affected
thereby shall remain in affected thereby shall affected thereby shall thereby shall remain in the provision not otherwise thereby shall remain in full
force and effect. remain in force and effect. remain in force and effect. force and effect. affected shall remain valid force and effect.
and subsisting.
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SEC. 27. SEC. 24. SEC. 24. SEC. 23. SEC. 6. Repealing SEC. 35. Repealing
Repealing Clause - All Repealing Clause - All Repealing Clause - All Repealing Clause - All Clause. – All existing Clause - All laws, decrees,
other laws, decrees, other laws, decrees, other laws, decrees, other laws, decrees, laws, rules and regulations orders, rules and
orders, issuances, rules orders, issuances, rules orders, issuances, rules orders, issuances, rules regulations contrary to or
and other issuance pr
and regulations which are and regulations which are and regulations which are and regulations which are inconsistent with the
inconsistent with the inconsistent with the inconsistent with the inconsistent with the [portions hereof provisions of this Act are
provisions of this Act are provisions of this Act are provisions of this Act are provisions of this Act are inconsistent with the hereby repealed, amended
hereby repealed, amended hereby repealed, amended hereby repealed, amended hereby repealed, amended provisions of this Act is or modified accordingly.
or modified accordingly. or modified accordingly. or modified accordingly. or modified accordingly. hereby modified, repealed
or revoked accordingly.
SEC. 28. SEC. 25. SEC. 25. SEC. 24. SEC. 7. Effectivity. – SEC. 36. Effectivity -
Effectivity - This Act shall Effectivity - This Act shall Effectivity - This Act shall Effectivity - This Act shall This Act shall take effect This Act shall take effect
take effect fifteen (15) take effect fifteen (15) take effect fifteen (15) take effect fifteen (15) fifteen (15) days after fifteen (15) days after its
days after its publication in days after its publication in days after its publication in days after its publication in publication in at least two
publication in the Official
at least two (2) the Official Gazette or in at the Official Gazette or in at the Official Gazette or in at (2) newspapers of national
newspapers of general least two (2) newspapers least two (2) newspapers least two (2) newspapers Gazette or a newspaper of circulation.
circulation. of general circulation. of general circulation. of general circulation. general circulation
whichever comes first
upon its approval.

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Matrix of Reproductive Health Bills

b. Respect for, b. Respect for, b. Respect for,

d. The provision of d. The provision of d. The provision of d. The provision of

HIV (Human HIV (Human HIV (Human

Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive Reproductive

Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable

SEC. 12. Minimum

SEC. 19. Mothers

e. Streng v. Strengthen the v. Strengthen the 5.

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