He emphasized that the government should apply the principle of first things first and focus on the root causes of the poverty (e.g., poor governance, corruption) and apply many other alternatives to solve the problem (e.g., giving up pork barrel, raising tax collection efficiency). 12 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte supporting the full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law is a major push for the government's family planning program, which has been hindered by various challenges to the implementation of the landmark law. (o) Poor refers to members of households identified as poor through the NHTS-PR by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or any subsequent system used by the national government in identifying the poor. March 06, 2019. The advancement and protection of womens human rights shall be central to the efforts of the State to address reproductive health care. Proponents state that the not passing the bill will make the Philippines no longer be a backward state and unable to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, especially the points on poverty alleviation and maternal health. The National Drug Formulary shall include hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine devices, injectables and other safe, legal, non-abortifacient and effective family planning products and supplies. The report shall be printed and distributed to all national agencies, the LGUs, NGOs and private sector organizations involved in said programs. (e) Any pharmaceutical company, whether domestic or multinational, or its agents or distributors, which directly or indirectly colludes with government officials, whether appointed or elected, in the distribution, procurement and/or sale by the national government and LGUs of modern family planning supplies, products and devices. 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. Section 14. [50], A TV Debate was also hosted by ABS-CBN in May 2011. Gravity. The President's spokesperson Edwin Lacierda explained that the President "has not changed his stand" and is reaching out to the prelates and said that he has not made any decision in support of the Reproductive Health Bill as he was still studying the document. Leaders of both sides, including Rep. Lagman and Rep. Golez, were present. Anti-RH Deputy Speaker Congressman Pablo Garcia said the members of the Committee on Health knew of the WHO announcement on the carcinogenicity of combined estrogen-progestogen oral contraceptives. The DOH shall coordinate with all appropriate local government bodies to plan and implement this procurement and distribution program. On February 7, 2011, the bill was scheduled to go before the House Appropriations Committee. Some deem its implementation as a great way to curb population growth while others are still throwing moral punches. Proponents also accuse the Catholic Church of holding the Philippines "hostage" and violating the separation of church and state. 96: An Act Providing For a National Policy on Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood and Population and Development and Other Purposes", "Full text of House Bill No. 7 Reasons Why Responsible Parenthood is so Important in the Society 1. [71], Lagman on the other hand said that both these priorities are important but with a burgeoning population the budget will become even tighter, thus population growth is a major issue. 6. It entails fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between women and men, and often requires women-specific projects and programs to end existing inequalities. He also stated that he gives full support to a firm population policy, educating parents to be responsible, providing contraceptives to those who ask for them, but he refuses to promote contraceptive use. I. The DOH shall provide such programs, technical support, including capacity building and monitoring. Title. [46] SWS President and RH Bill proponent, Mahar Mangahas reported that the "survey found 71 percent in favor [of the RH Bill], 21 percent undecided, and a mere 8 percent opposed. They are also obliged to monitor pregnant working employees among their workforce and ensure they are provided paid half-day prenatal medical leaves for each month of the pregnancy period that they are employed. Leader of the pro-RH group, Elizabeth Ansioco, said that the bill is doomed if it is referred to the Committee on Health. As a Catholic, Aquino said he himself was not promoting artificial contraception but believes that the government should be able to provide it to Filipinos who ask for it". (z) Skilled health professional refers to a midwife, doctor or nurse, who has been educated and trained in the skills needed to manage normal and complicated pregnancies, childbirth and the immediate postnatal period, and in the identification, management and referral of complications in women and newborns. [90], Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012. Free choice regarding reproductive health enables people, especially the poor, to have the number of children they want and can feasibly care and provide for. 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. Capacity Building of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs). [citation needed], The UP School of Economics argues, in contrast, that there is lack of access especially for poor people, because contraceptive use is extremely low among them and "among the poorest families, 22% of married women of reproductive age express a desire to avoid pregnancies but are still not using any family planning method". 3) Perform such other functions necessary to attain the purposes of this Act. "[74], However, by April 2011 Aquino has given his full support to the entire RH Bill in a speech at the University of the Philippines Diliman and promised to push for its passage even at the "risk of excommunication."[75]. The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. The national or the local government may provide each provincial, city, municipal and district hospital with a Mobile Health Care Service (MHCS) in the form of a van or other means of transportation appropriate to its terrain, taking into consideration the health care needs of each LGU. The DOH shall provide the LGUs with medical supplies and equipment needed by BHWs to carry out their functions effectively: Provided, further, That the national government shall provide additional and necessary funding and other necessary assistance for the effective implementation of this provision including the possible provision of additional honoraria for BHWs. 6 An Act Providing for a National Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health, Rep. Act No. Aid recipients such as the Philippines faced the challenge to fund its own contraception program. RH Law was passed in 2014 and former President Fidel Ramos urges President Rodrigo Duterte to fully implement the law. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Congressman Roilo Golez and Buhay party-list separately filed bills that seek to restrict abortion and birth control use. A.. [33], Jo Imbong, founder of the Abay Pamilya Foundation, reported that "Lagman said in a House hearing that the bill would protect human life 'from implantation' ",[37] and not from fertilization, noting at the same time that the Records of the Constitutional Commission state that "Human life begins at fertilization". [18], Maternal deaths in the Philippines, according to the World Health Organization, is at 5.7 per day,[30] not 1011 deaths a day, as per the proponents who repeated these numbers "to drive home the point".[31][32]. The two party-list representatives strongly state that poverty is not due to over-population but because of inequality and corruption. Section 18. PhilHealth Benefits for Serious and Life-Threatening Reproductive Health Conditions. 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. Expectations for the child's behavior and development are measured against the child's actual behavior and development; a . The government shall promote and provide unbiased information and access to these services. [10] They say that lack of access leads to a number of serious problems which demand attention: (1) "too many and too closely-spaced children raises the risk of illness and premature deaths (for mother and child alike)," (2) "the health risks associated with mistimed and unwanted pregnancies are higher for adolescent mothers, as they are more likely to have complications during labor," (3) women who have mistimed pregnancies are "constrained to rely more on public education and health services and other publicly provided goods and services", further complicating limited public resources, (4) families are not able to achieve their desired family size. Maternal Death Review Ang Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law of 2012 (Republic Act No. Since 1994, reproductive rights and reproductive health have been a highly recurrent theme in the Commission. 10354), informally known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, is a law in the Philippines, which guarantees universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. They also agreed that government will not be an "instrument to enforce or violate the conscience of the people about these issues. [25] Citing Catholic documents and scientific studies, they reasoned that "the RH Bill is pro-life, pro-women, pro-poor, pro-youth, and pro-informed choice". Instead he referred to the Filipino Family survey of December 2009 conducted by the HB&A International (an affiliate of Louis Harris & Associates) together with the personnel of Asia Research Organization (the Philippine affiliate of Gallup International). [89], On April 8, 2014, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law. House Speaker Belmonte said that Congress is not likely to rush the legislation of the bill and will tackle it in plenary early next year. The DOH and the LGUs shall initiate and sustain a heightened nationwide multimedia-campaign to raise the level of public awareness on the protection and promotion of reproductive health and rights including, but not limited to, maternal health and nutrition, family planning and responsible parenthood information and services, adolescent and youth reproductive health, guidance and counseling and other elements of reproductive health care under Section 4(q). Mobile Health Care Service SEC. Section 9. Two entire resolutions were devoted to the topic in 2002 and 2011, and reproductive rights [87], On July 16, the justices voted 87 to extend the status quo ante order, which would have expired the next day "until further orders effective immediately. The State shall provide age- and development-appropriate reproductive health education to adolescents which shall be taught by adequately trained teachers informal and nonformal educational system and integrated in relevant subjects such as, but not limited to, values formation; knowledge and skills in self-protection against discrimination; sexual abuse and violence against women and children and other forms of gender based violence and teen pregnancy; physical, social and emotional changes in adolescents; womens rights and childrens rights; responsible teenage behavior; gender and development; and responsible parenthood: Provided, That flexibility in the formulation and adoption of appropriate course content, scope and methodology in each educational level or group shall be allowed only after consultations with parents-teachers-community associations, school officials and other interest groups. [64] Imprisonment ranges from one to six months or a fine ranging from ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) to fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00). Pursuant thereto, the State shall defend: (a) The right of spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions and the demands of responsible parenthood; (b) The right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development; (c) The right of the family to a family living wage and income; and, (d) The right of families or family associations to participate in the planning and implementation of policies and programs, 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. health status, socio - cultural and economic concern. The country is not a, The penal provisions constitute a violation of free choice and conscience, and establishes, Access to information on natural and modern family planning, Improvement of maternal, infant, and child health and nutrition, Prevention of abortion and management of post-abortion complications, Improvement of adolescent and youth health, Prevention and management of reproductive tract infections, HIV/AIDS and other STDs, Counseling on sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, Treatment of breast and reproductive tract cancers, Male involvement and participation in reproductive health issues, Reproductive health education for the youth, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 13:42. No. [9], The bill calls for a "multi-dimensional approach" integrates a component of family planning and responsible parenthood into all government anti-poverty programs. Thus, for these women, abortion has become a family planning method, in the absence of information on and access to any reliable means to prevent an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy". Responsible parenthood, its true meaning. They illustrate the connection between rapid population growth and poverty by comparing the economic growth and population growth rates of Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, wherein the first two grew more rapidly than the Philippines due to lower population growth rates. Declaration of Policy [3][4][5] The Philippines agreed that the population problem should be considered as the principal element for long-term economic development. No person shall be denied information and access to family planning services, whether natural or artificial: Provided, That minors will not be allowed access to modern methods of family planning without written consent from their parents or guardian/s except when the minor is already a parent or has had a miscarriage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. "[72] MacDonald noted that the total fertility rate for the richest quintile of the population is 2.0, while the total fertility rate of the poorest quintile is 5.9. (n) Public health care service provider refers to: (1) public health care institution, which is duly licensed and accredited and devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury, disability or deformity, or in need of obstetrical or other medical and nursing care; (2) public health care professional, who is a doctor of medicine, a nurse or a midwife; (3) public health worker engaged in the delivery of health care services; or (4) barangay health worker who has undergone training programs under any accredited government and NGO and who voluntarily renders primarily health care services in the community after having been accredited to function as such by the local health board in accordance with the guidelines promulgated by the Department of Health (DOH). The Rizal Law, officially designated as Republic Act No. It means that the state should be guided by the principle that it should support no specific religion and so government funding should not be allocated for building churches or mosques and not favor any particular religion. Avoid harsh discipline 9. Among those who learned of the bill for the first time because of the survey, the score is 59 percent in favor, versus 11 percent opposed. July 1, 2021. TV5 Debate, Hamon sa Pagbabago, August 21, 2011, hosted by Ricardo "Dong" Puno and Luchi Cruz-Valdez. SEC. 8344. The committee quickly passed the bill in just one session. 19. What is the positive and negative impact of the law in the family and in the (l) Modern methods of family planning refers to safe, effective, non-abortifacient and legal methods, whether natural or artificial, that are registered with the FDA, to plan pregnancy. Section 22. A fan page, Free Carlos Celdran was created in Facebook, which generated 23,808 fans in 24 hours. Reproductive health refers to the condition of male and female reproductive systems during all life stages. Section 28. Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The justices, however, struck down eight provisions of the law partially or in full. . Learn More >. The COC shall be headed by the respective Chairs of the Committee on Health and Demography of the Senate and the Committee on Population and Family Relations of the House of Representatives. 10354, otherwise known as "The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012" or the RPRH Act. [67] Passing it or not passing it of the bill has negative implications depending on the views. [citation needed], One of the prelates the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines, Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle opposes the Reproductive Health Bill, along with abortion and contraception. He mentioned that the lack of access to RH services is anti-women, citing the slow decline in the maternal mortality ratio in the Philippines. It is a law in the Philippines that guarantees universal access to methods and contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. According to the ABS-CBN news which reported on the results: "In the SMS poll, 69.58% of votes cast reject the RH bill while 30.42% support it. 10354 Full Title AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Short Title "The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012" Issuance Category Legislative Issuance Legislative Issuance Type Republic Act Congress (j) Maternal death review refers to a qualitative and in-depth study of the causes of maternal death with the primary purpose of preventing future deaths through changes or additions to programs, plans and policies. Additional duty of the local population officer . They argued: "As Catholics and Filipinos, we share the hope and mission of building a Church of the Poor. Integration of Family Planning and Responsible Parenthood Component in Anti-Poverty Programs Definition of Terms. 1. Stages of Responsible Parenthood Parenting is a process by which parents and children grow and develop, each influencing the other throughout their lives. Reps. Emerciana de Jesus and Luzviminda Ilagan wanted to delete three provisions which state that "gender equality and women empowerment are central elements of reproductive health and population and development", which integrate responsible parenthood and family planning programs into anti-poverty initiatives, and which name the Commission on Population and Development Archived February 3, 2021, at the Wayback Machine or POPCOM as a coordinating body. In 2004, the Department of Health (DOH) introduced the Philippines Contraceptive Self-Reliance Strategy, arranging for the replacement of these donations with domestically provided contraceptives.[6]. [16] He said that the Papal Commission on Birth Control, which included ranking prelates and theologians, recommended that the Church change its teaching on contraception as it concluded that "the regulation of conception appears necessary for many couples who wish to achieve a responsible, open and reasonable parenthood in today's circumstances". Couples determine their ideal family size. Hiring of Skilled Health Professionals for Maternal Health Care and Skilled Birth Attendance. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). Access to Family Planning We are thus deeply disturbed and saddened by calls made by some members of the Catholic Church to reject a proposed legislation that promises to improve the wellbeing of Filipino families, especially the lives of women, children, adolescents, and the poor". 10354 ) Includes provisions on maternal and child health that guarantee universal access ti maternal care, sexual education, and fertility control Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 ( RA 9211) Aims to prohibit smoking in all public places Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Abstinence - Pregnancy cannot happen without intercourse. She reported that every day, "there are 11 women dying while giving birth in the Philippines. 9 (2012) (Phil.) 27. While there is general agreement about its . [9], Employers with more than 200 employees shall provide reproductive health services to all employees in their own respective health facilities. 12, s. 2017 Attaining and Sustaining "Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning" Through the Strict Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, Providing Funds Therefor, and for other Purposes [27], In a recent development, two authors of the Reproductive Health Bill changed their stand on the provisions of the bill regarding population and development. We are Pro-Life as our first principle. 3032. The COC shall perform such other duties and functions as may be necessary to attain the objectives of tins Act. [34], One of the main concerns of the proponents is the perceived lack of access to family planning devices such as contraceptives and sterilization. The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, known as the RH Law, is a groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free access to nearly all modern contraceptives for all citizens, including impoverished communities, at government health centers. (d) Corporate citizens shall exercise prudence in advertising its products or services through all forms of media, especially on matters relating to sexuality, further taking into consideration its influence on children and the youth. The DOH shall be responsible for disseminating information and providing training programs to the LGUs. He said that "he will fully support the crafting of a firm policy that will address the serious problem on population"[19] At the same time, Aquino said that "artificial contraception was a matter of choice and conscience and that health professionals who fool people into using artificial contraceptives should be penalized. It requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free from coercion, discrimination and violence. The pro-RH people accuse the anti-RH group of misleading the public by calling the bill an abortion bill, when the bill states that abortion remains a crime and is punishable. These systems are made of organs and hormone-producing glands, including the pituitary gland in the brain. 10354) o mas kilala sa karaniwang tawag na Reproductive Health Law o RH Law , ay isang batas na nilikha upang siguraduhin ng pamahalaan na mayroong universal access ang mga mamamayan sa iba't ibang paraan ng contraception, family planning, sex education at . Congressional Oversight Committee on Reproductive Health Act. [36], The position of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) "is founded strongly on the principle that 'life or conception begins at fertilization' at that moment where there is fusion or union of the sperm and the egg and thus a human person or human being already does exist at the moment of fertilization". According to Galinsky 1981 , there are six stages of Parenthood. The risk of dying from a vasectomy is 1 in 1 million and the risk of dying from using an IUD is 1 in 10millionBut the risk of dying from a pregnancy is 1 in 10,000. Responsible Parenthood C. Birth Control. [28], The Wall Street Journal in July 2012 said that Aquino's "promotion of a 'reproductive health' bill is jarring" since it could lead to "a demographic trap of too few workers. Oral arguments concluded on August 27, with the petitioners against and for the law being instructed to submit memorandums within 60 days.
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