Reproductive health law philippines

Fifteenth Congress Third Regular Session. Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-three day of July, two thousand twelve. Section 1.

Reproductive health care act

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. Pursuant to the declaration of State policies under Section 12, Article II of the Philippine Constitution, it is the duty of the State to protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution and equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.

The State shall protect and promote the right to health of women especially mothers in particular and of the people in general and instill health consciousness among them.

Reproduction bill

The family is the natural and fundamental unit of society. The State shall likewise protect and advance the right of families in particular and the people in general to a balanced and healthful environment in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. The State also recognizes and guarantees the promotion and equal protection of the welfare and rights of children, the youth, and the unborn.

Moreover, the State recognizes and guarantees the promotion of gender equality, gender equity, women empowerment and dignity as a health and human rights concern and as a social responsibility. The State recognizes marriage as an inviolable social institution and the foundation of the family which in turn is the foundation of the nation.

Pursuant thereto, the State shall defend:. The State likewise guarantees universal access to medically-safe, non-abortifacient, effective, legal, affordable, and quality reproductive health care services, methods, devices, supplies which do not prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum as determined by the Food and Drug Administration FDA and relevant information and education thereon according to the priority needs of women, children and other underprivileged sectors, giving preferential access to those identified through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction NHTS-PR and other government measures of identifying marginalization, who shall be voluntary beneficiaries of reproductive health care, services and supplies for free.

The State shall also promote openness to life; Provided, That parents bring forth to the world only those children whom they can raise in a truly humane way.