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The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, also known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a Philippine law that provides universal access to methods of contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. While there is agreement about its ...
According to the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network, an estimated 1.26 million abortions were induced by Filipino women in 2020, [ 3] significantly higher than a 1994 estimate of 400,000 abortions performed illegally in the Philippines. [ 4] Seventy percent of unwanted pregnancies in the Philippines end in abortion, according to the WHO.
Roots of Health. Roots of Health (Ugat ng Kalusugan) is a nonprofit organization focused on improving the reproductive, maternal and sexual health of women, girls, and their communities in Puerto Princesa, Palawan in the Philippines. Roots of Health is committed to working towards a vision of the Philippines where everyone is empowered to ...
The statement reiterated the four principles that guide the Philippine government in the implementation of its population program: [18] responsible parenthood, respect for life, birth spacing and informed choices. Health services, including those for reproductive health, were devolved by the Local Government Code to the local government units ...
The women's suffrage movement in the Philippines was one of the first, major occasions on which women grouped together politically. It was also one of the first women's rights movements, and endeavored to attain the right for women to vote and run for office. Many Filipino men were opposed to the idea, and held fast to the traditional view that ...
Health problems in the Philippines. The Philippines faces a large burden of disease: Proportional Death due to NCDs. The main Non-Communicable Diseases are Diabetes, Heart disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Chronic diseases that affect the airways and lungs. While these diseases affect different parts of the body in different ways, they often share ...
This is a timeline of reproductive rights legislation, a chronological list of laws and legal decisions affecting human reproductive rights. Reproductive rights are a sub-set of human rights [1] pertaining to issues of reproduction and reproductive health. [2] These rights may include some or all of the following: the right to legal or safe ...
Summary. Description. Republic Act No. 10354 (20121221-RA-10354-BSA).pdf. English: Republic Act No. 10354 (Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012) PDF file on the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines website, signed by President Benigno Aquino III on December 21, 2012. Date.