FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF T F F  
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 
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Submitted jointly by the Committees on Health and Demography (Sub-committee 
on Reproductive Health); Youth, Women and Family Relations; Finance; Local 
Government; Ways and Means; on 
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: Senate Bill No. 
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prepared by the Committees. 
Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 40, 43, 187, 622, 
1299 taking into consideration P.S. Res. No. 376 
: Senator Biazon 
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Mr. President 
The 
Committees on Health and Demography (Sub-committee on 
Reproductive Health); Youth, Women and Family Relations; Finance; Local 
Government; Ways and hleans tc which were referred Senate Bill No. 40 
introduced by Senator Rodolfo G. Biazon, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE STRUCTURES 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” 
Senate Bill No. 43, introduced by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
CREATING A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND POPULATION MANAGEMENT 
COUNCIL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED POLICY ON 
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RELATIVE TO SUSTAINABLE HUMAN 
DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION MANAGEMENT, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 


Senate Bill No. 187, introduced by Senator Rodolfo G. Biazon, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING AN INTEGRATED POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY, 
STRENGTHENING ITS IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
Senate Bill No. 622, introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito-Estrada, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION 
ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES” 
Senate Bill No. 1299, introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION 
ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES” 
Proposed Senate Resolution No. 376, introduced by Senator Pia S. Cayetano, 
entitled: 
“A RESOLUTION 
DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY 
TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 
ATTAINING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS SPECIFICALLY ON REDUCING 
CHILD MORTALITY] IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH, AND ERADICATING HIVIAIDS, 
MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES” 
have considered the same and have the honor to report them back to the Senate 
with the recommendation that the attached Senate Bill No. 
prepared by the Committees, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 40, 43, 187, 622, 1299 taking into 
consideration P.S. Res. No. 376 with Senators Biazon, Lacson, Ejercito-Estrada, 
Santiago, Cayetano, P., Legarda, Madrigal, Angara and Aquino as authors 
thereof. 


Chairpersons: 
Sub-committee on Reproductive Health 
Committee on Health and Demography 
Member, Committees on Youth Women 
and Family Relations; Local Government; 
Ways and Means; and Finance 
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EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
Chairperson 
Committee on Finance 
Member, Committees on Health 
and Demography; and Ways 
and Means 
Committee on Health and Demography pe,lA
Member, Committees on Youth Women 
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and Family Relations; Local Government; ~.4-./cr 
Ways and Means; and Finance 
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Committee on Youth, Women and 
Member, Committees on Health 
and Demography; Local Government; 
Ways and Means; and Finance 
Family Relations 
BENIGN0 SIMEON C. AQUINO 111 
Ch irpe son 
Com . i ee on Ways and Means 
Member, Committees on Health 
Ways and Means; and Finance 
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Chairperson 
Committee on Local Government 
Member, Committees on Youth, 
Women and Family Relations; 
and Demography; Local Government; 
Ways and Means; and Finance 


Vice Chairpersons: /7 
GRE GORIO B. HONASAN I11 
Vice hairperson 
Member, Committees on Health 
and Demography; and Ways and 
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JOKER P. ARROYO 
Vice Chairperson 
Committee on Finance 
Com ittee on Finance 
Member, Committees on Local 
Government; and Ways and Meam 
Means 
FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
Committees on Health and 
Demography; Local Government; 
And Ways and Means 
Demography; Youth, Women and 
1 Family Relations; Local Government; 
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and Finance 
PIA S. CAYETANO 
Committees on Health 
and Demography; and Youth, Women 
and Family Relations 
ALAN PETER S. CAYETANO 
Committees on Health and 
Demography; Local Government; 
Ways and Means; and Finance 
FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN 
Committees on Health and Demography; 
Youth, Women and Family Relations; 
and Ways and Means 
MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO 
Committees on Youth, Women and 
Family Relations ; and Finance 


Committees on Finafke; 
and Ways and Means 
MAR ROXAS 
Committees on Finance; 
Local Government; and 
Ways and Means 
RAMON R. REVILLA JR. 
Committees on Finance; and 
Local Government 
Committees on Finance; and 
Local Government 
MANNYVILLAR 
Committees on Finance; Local 
Government; and Ways and Means 
Ex-Officio Members: 
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JUAN PONCE ENRILE 
Senate President 
Senate of the Philippines 
Pasay City 


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(In substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 40, 43, 187, 622, 1299 
taking into consideration P.S. Res. No. 376) 
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Prepared by the Committees on Health and Demography (Subcommittee on 
Reproductive Health); Youth, Women and Family Relations; Finance; Local 
Government and Ways and Means with Senators Biazon, Lacson, Ejercito- 
Estrada, Santiago, Cayetano, P., Legarda, Angara, Madrigal, Aquino I11 as 
authors thereof. 
AN ACT 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" 
PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: .. 
SEC. 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "The Reproductive Health and PopGIation 
and Development Act 0€2009." 
SEC. 2. - Declaration of Policy. -It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
recognize and guarantee: 
(a) the human rights of all persons including the right to equality and equity, the right to 
sustainable human development, the right to health which includes reproductive health, the right 
to education and the right to choose and make decisions for themselves in accordance with their 
religious convictions, cultural beliefs, and the demands of responsible parenthood; and 
@) the promotion of gender equality, equity and women's empowerment as a health and 
human rights concern. The advancement and protection of women's human rights shall be 
central to the efforts of the State to address reproductive health care. As a distinct but inseparable 
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measure to the guarantee of women’s human rights, the State recognizes and guarantees the 
promotion of the welfare and rights of children. 
Toward these ends, the State shall guarantee universal access to information and 
education, and safe, affordable, quality and non-hamdous reproductive health care services. 
The State shall address and seek to eradicate discriminatory practices, laws and policies 
that infringe on a person’s exercise of sexual and reproductive health and rights. 
SEC. 3. Guiding Principles. This Act declares the following as guiding principles: 
a. Freedom of choice, which is central to the exercise of any right, must be fully guaranteed 
by the State like the right itself. 
b. The state shall guarantee the free exercise of religious belief in the enforcement of this 
Act. 
c. Since human resource is the principal asset of the country, effective reproductive health 
care services must be given primacy to ensure maternal health, birth of healthy children, 
their full human development, and the promotion of responsible parenting. 
d. The provision of medically-safe, accessible, affordable and quality reproductive health 
care services is essential in the promotion of people’s right to health. 
e. The state will promote, without bias, all modern methods of family planning. 
f. ‘l’hc statc shall cndeavor to promote a program that aims to: (1) enablc couplcs to havc 
the number ol’ children they desire with due consideration lo the health, particularly 
women, and resources available to the family. (2) encourage equitable allocation and 
utilization or resources; (3) promote effective partnership among the national 
government, local government units ;;id the private sector in the design, implementation, 
coordination, integration, monitoring and evaluatioii of pcoplc-cciitcrcd programs 
towards quality of lifc and environmcntal protection: and (4) conduct studies to analyzc 
demographic trcnds towards sustainable human dcvclopmcnt. 
g. Reproductive health must be the joint responsibility of the National Governmeot and 
Local Government Units. 
h. Active participation by and thorough consultation with non-government organizations, 
communities and people’s organizations is crucial to ensure that reproductive health and 
population and development policies, plans, and programs will address the priority needs 
of the poor, especially women. 
i. While nothing in this Act changes the law on abortion, as abortion remains a crime and is 
punishable, the government shall emure that all women needing care for post-abortion 
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complications shall be treated and counseled in a humane, non-judgmental and 
compassionate manner. 
SEC. 4. Definition of Term. - For the purpose of this Act, the following terms shall be 
defined as follows: 
1. “Adolescence” refers to a life stage of people with age from 10 up to 19. 
2. “Adolescent sexuality” refers to, among others, the reproductive system, gender identity, 
values or beliefs, emotions, relationships and sexual behavior of young people as social 
beings. 
3. “Basic Emergency Obstetric Care ” refers to lifesaving services for maternal 
complications being provided by a health facility or professional, which must include the 
following six signal functions: administration of parenteral antibiotics; administration of 
parenteral oxytocic drugs; administration of parenteral anticonvulsants for pre-eclampsia 
and eclampsia; manual removal of placenta; removal of retained products; and assisted 
vaginal delivery. 
“Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care ” refers to basic emergency obstetric care 
plus two other signal functions: performance of caesarian SEC. and blood transfusion. 
“Employer” includes any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or 
indirectly. The term shall not include any labor organization or any of its officers or 
agents except when acting as an employer. 
6. “Farnilyplanning” refers to a 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 do so, and to have informed choice and access to a full range of 
safe and effective modern methods of preventing pregnancy. 
7. “Gender equality” refers to the absence of discrimination on the basis of a person’s sex, 
in opportunities, in the allocation of resources or benefits, or in access to services. 
8. “Gender equity” refers to 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. 
9. “Healthcare Service Providers” refers to (a) a health care institution, which is duly 
licensed and accredited and devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of 
facilities for health promotion, 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; (b) a health care professional, who is any doctor of 
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12. “Modern Methods of Family Planning ” refers to safe, effective and legal methods to 
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prevent pregnancy such as the pill, intra-uterine device (IUD), injectables, condom, 
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ligation, vasectomy, and modern natural family planning methods include 
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mucus/billing/ovulation, lactational amenorrhea, basal body temperature and standard 
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reproductive health care include: 
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b. family planning information and services; 
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c. prevention and management of post-abortion complications; 
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d. adolescent and youth reproductive health; 
medicine, nurse, or midwife; (c) public health workers engaged in the delivery of hedth 
care services; and (d) barangay health workers who has undergone training programs 
under any accredited government and non-government organization 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). 
10. “Male involvement and participation” refers to the effort, commitment and joint 
responsibility of men with women in all areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well 
as the care of reproductive health concerns specific to men. 
1 1. “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. 
13. “Reproductive health” refers to the state of complete physical, mental and social well- 
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the 
reproductive system and to its functions and processes. This implies that people are able 
to have a safe sex life, that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to 
decide if, when and how often to do so, provided that these are not against the law. This 
further implies that women and men attain equal relationships in matters related to sexual 
14. “Reproductive Health Care” refers ta the access to a full range of methods, techniques, 
facilities and services that contribute to reproductive health and well being by preventing 
and solving reproductive health-related problems. It also includes sexual health, the 
purpose of which is the enhancement of life and personal relations. The elements of 
a. maternal, infant and child health and nutrition including breastfeeding 
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e. prevention and management of reproductive tract infections (RTIs), HIV and 
AIDS and other sexually transmittable infections (STIs); 
f. elimination of violence against women; 
g. education and counseling on sexuality and sexual health; 
h. treatment of breast 
and reproductive tract cancers and other gynecological 
conditions and disorders; 
i. male involvement and participation in reproductive health; and 
j. prevention and treatment of infertility and sexual dysfunction 
15. “Reproductive Health Care program ” is the systematic, integrated provision of 
reproductive health care services to all citizens especially the poor, marginalized and 
those in vulnerable situations. 
16. “Reproductive tract infection (RTl) ” includes sexually transmitted infections, and other 
types of infections affecting the reproductive system. 
17. “Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education” refers to the process of providing 
complete, accurate and relevant information on all matters relating to reproductive health. 
18. “Reproductive rights” - the rights of individuals and couples, subject to applicable laws, 
to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children; to 
make other decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and 
violence; to have the information and means to do so; and to attain the highest standard of 
sexual and reproductive health. 
19. “Skilled Attendant” refers to accredited health professional such as a midwife, doctor or 
nurse who has been educated and trained to proficiency in the skills needed to manage 
normal or uncomplicated pregnancies, childbirth and the immediate postnatal period, and 
in the identification, management and referral of complications in women and newborns. 
Traditional Birth Attendants or traditional midwives-trained 
or not-are 
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this category. 
20. “Skilled Birth Attendance ” refers to childbirth managed by a skilled attendant plus the 
enabling conditions of necessary equipment and support of a functioning health system, 
including transport and referral facilities for emergency obstetric care. 
21. “Sustainable Human Development ” refers to bringing people particularly the poor and 
vulnerable, at the center of development process, the central purpose of which is the 
creation of an enabling environment in which all can enjoy long, healthy and creative 
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lives, and done in a manner that protects the life opportunities of future generations and 
the natural ecosystem on which all life depends. 
SEC. 5: Midwives for Skilled Birth Attendance. The Local Government Units (LGUs) 
with assistance of the Department of Health (DOH), shall deploy an adequate number of 
midwives to achieve a minimum ratio of one (1) fulltime skilled birth attendant for every one 
hundred fifty (150) deliveries per year, to be based on the annual number of actual deliveries or 
live births for the past two years. 
SEC. 6: Emergency Obstetric Care. - Each province and city shall ensure the 
establishment or upgrading of hospitals with adequate and qualified personnel, equipment and 
supplies to be able to provide emergency obstetric care. At the very least, for every 500,000 
population, there shall be at least one (1) hospital for comprehensive emergency obstetric care 
and four (4) hospitals for basic emergency obstetric care. 
SEC. 7. Surgical Family Planning. Modern family planning methods requiring hospital 
services shall be available in all national and local government hospitals, except in specialty 
hospitals which may render such services on optional basis. For poor patients, such services shall 
be fully covered by PhilHealth Insurance and/or government financial assistance. 
After the use of any PhilHealth benefit involving childbirth and all other pregnancy- 
related service wherein the beneficiary wishes to space or prevent her next pregnancy, PhilHealth 
shall pay for the full cost of family planning for the next three (3) years. Provided, that the 
beneficiary retains her membership with PhilHealth. The benefit payments shall be channeled to 
appropriate local or national government health facilities. 
SEC. 8. Maternal Death Review. All Local Government Units (LGUs), national and 
local government hospitals, and other public health units shall conduct annual maternal death 
review in accordance with the guidelines to be issued by the DOH. 
SEC. 9: Family Planning Supplies as Essential Medicines - Hormonal contraceptives, 
intrauterine devices, injectables and other safe, effective and legal family planning products and 
supplies shall be included under the category of essential medicines and supplies which shall 
form part of the National Drug Formulary and the same shall be included in the regular purchase 
of essential medicines and supplies of all national and local hospitals and other government 
health units. 
SEC. 10. Procurement and Distribution of Family Planning Supplies - The DOH 
shall spearhead the efficient procurement, distribution to LGUs and usage-monitoring of family 
planning supplies for the whole country. The DOH shall coordinate with all appropriate LGU 
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bodies to plan and implement this procurement and distribution program. The supply and budget 
allotments shall be based on, among others, the current levels and projections of the following: 
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number of women of reproductive age and couples who want to space or limit their 
children; 
contraceptive prevalence rate, by type of method used; 
cost of family planning supplies; 
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SEC. 11. Mobile Health Care Service. Each Congressional District shall be provided 
with a van to be known as the Mobile Health Care Service (MHCS) to deliver health care goods 
and services to its constituents, more particularly to the poor and needy, as well as disseminate 
knowledge and information on reproductive health. The purchase of such vans shall be funded 
from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of each Congressional District. The 
subsequent operation and maintenance of the MHCS shall be subject to an agreement entered 
into between the district representative and the recipient province. The MHCS shall be 
adequately equipped with a wide range of reproductive health care materials and information 
dissemination devices and equipment, the latter including but not limited to a television set for 
audio-visual presentations. All MHCS shall be operated by LGUs of provinces and highly 
urbanized cities. 
SEC. 12. Mandatory Age-Appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality 
Education. Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education in an age-appropriate manner shall be 
taught by adequately trained teachers starting from Grade 5 up to Fourth Year High School. 
Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education shall commence at the start of the school year 
immediately following one year .from the effectivity of this Act. The Department of Education 
(DEPED) shall formulate the Sexuality Education curriculum, which shall be common to both 
public and private schools, based on but not limited to the following subjects: 
a. Knowledge and skills in self-protection against discrimination, sexual violence, sexual 
abuse, STIs, HIV and AIDS and teen pregnancy. 
b. Values formation 
c. Physical, Social and Emotional Changes in Adolescents 
d. Children and women’s rights 
e. Fertility awareness 
f. Population and development education 
g. Responsible relationship 
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i. Proscription and hazards of abortion 
j . Gender and development 
k. Responsible parenthood 
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. This shall be complementary lo the parents’ role in rearing their children. 
Non-formal education programs shall likewise include the above-mentioned Reproductive 
Health Education. 
SEC. 13. Capability Building of Barangay Health Workers. Barangay Health Workers 
shall undergo training on the promotion of reproductive health and shall receive at least 10% 
increase in honoraria upon successful completion of training. The increase in honoraria shall be 
funded from the Gender and Development (GAD) budget of the Local Government Units. 
SEC. 14. Employers’ Responsibilities. - The Department of Labor and Employment 
(DOLE) shall ensure that employers respect the reproductive rights of their workers. Employers 
with less than 200 workers shall enter into partnership with hospitals, health facilities, and or 
health professionals in their areas for the delivery of reproductive health services. 
All Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) shall provide for the free delivery of 
reasonable reproductive health care services and devices to workers, more particularly the 
women. 
Employers shall also uphold the right of women to know work conditions which affect 
their health, particularly those related with their reproductive health. Employers shall furnish in 
writing the following information to women employees and applicants: 
a. The medical and health benefits which workers are entitled to, including maternity leave 
benefits and the availability of family planning services; 
b. The reproductive health hazards associated with work, including hazards that may affect 
their maternal functions; 
c. The availability of facilities for women which are required under Presidential Decree No. 
442, as amended, also known as the Labor Code, Article 132. 
SEC. 15. Multi-Media Campaign. The DOH shall initiate and sustain a heightened 
nationwide multi-media campaign to raise the level of public awareness on the protection and 
promotion of reproductive health and rights including family planning and population and 
development. 
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a. Pursuant to the herein declared policy, the DOH and the Local Health Units shall serve 
as the lead agency for the implementation of this Act and shall integrate in their regular 
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Fully and efficiently implement the Reproductive Health Care Program; 
Ensure people’s access to medically safe, legal, quality and affordable reproductive 
health goods and services; 
Ensure that reproductive health services are delivered with a full range of supplies, 
facilities and equipment and that service providers are adequately trained for such 
reproductive health care delivery; 
Expand the coverage of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), 
especially among poor and marginalized women, to include the full range of 
reproductive health services and supplies as health insurance benefits; 
Strengthen the capacities of health regulatory agencies to ensure safe, high-quality, 
accessible, and affordable reproductive health services and commodities with the 
concurrent strengthening and enforcement of regulatory mandates and mechanisms; 
Facilitate the involvement and participation of non-government organizations and the 
private sector in reproductive health care service delivery and in the production, 
distribution and delivery o f  quality reproductive health and family planning supplies 
and commodities to make them accessible and affordable to ordinary citizens; 
Furnish local government units with appropriate information and resources to keep 
the latter updated on current studies and researches relating to family planning, 
responsible parentliood, breastfeeding and infant nutrition; and 
Perform such other functions necessary to attain the purposes of this Act. 
b. The POPCOM, as an attached agency of DOH, shall serve as the coordinating body in 
the implementation of this Act and shall have the following functions: 
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Integrate on a continuing basis the interrelated reproductive health and population 
development agenda into a national policy, taking into account regional and local 
concerns; 
Provide the mechanism to ensure active and full participation of the private sector and 
the citizenry through their organizations in the planning and implementation of 
reproductive health care and population development programs and projects; 
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reproductive health including the right to informed choice and access to a full 
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range of legal, medically-safe and effective family planning methods, as wcll as 
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2. Refuse to perform legal and medically-safe reproductive healthcare and services 
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on any person of legal age on the ground of lack of third party consent or 
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authorization. In case of married persons the mutual consent of the spouses shall 
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be required. However in case of disagreement, the decision of the one undergoing 
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family members as perpetrators as certified to by the Department of Social 
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Welfare (DSWD) and Development andor local social welfare offices, no prior 
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3. Refuse to extend quality health care services and information on account of the 
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person’s marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, personal 
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circumstances, or nature of work, provided that, the conscientious objection of a 
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healthcare service provider based on hidher ethical or religious beliefs shall be 
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respected; however, the conscientious objector shall immediately refer the person 
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seeking such care and services to another healthcare service provider within the 
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person is not in an emergency condition or serious case as defined in RA 8344 
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SEC. 17. PrakibitedActs. -The following acts are prohibited: 
a) Any healthcare service provider, whether public or private, who shall: 
b) Any public official with power and authority over any subordinate who shall prohibit or 
intentionally restrict provision of legal and medically-safe reproductive healthcare 
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c) Any employer who shall require or cause a female applicant for employment or an 
employee to submit herself to sterilization or any contraceptive method, as a condition for 
employment or continued employment. 
SEC.. 18. Penalties. - Any violation of this act shall he penalized hy imprisonment 
ranging from one (1) month to six (6) months or imposed a fine of Twenty Thousand Pesos 
(P20,OOO.OO) or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court, provided that if 
the offender is a public official, s/he shall also he administratively liable. 
SEC. 19. Reporting Requirements. - Before the end of April each year, the DOH shall 
submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress of the Philippines. The report shall 
provide the Reproductive Health Program, a definitive and comprehensive assessment of the 
implementation of its programs and those of other Government agencies and instrumentalities, 
civil society and the private sector and recommend appropriate priorities for executive and 
legislative actions. The report shall be printed and distributed to all national agencies, the LGUs, 
civil society and the private sector organizations involved in said programs. 
The annual report shall evaluate the content, implementation, and impact of all policies 
related to reproductive health, and family planning to ensure that such policies promote, protect 
and fulfill women's reproductive health and rights. 
SEC. 20. Appropriations. - The amounts appropriated in the current annual General 
Appropriations Act for reproductive health and family planning under the DOH and POPCOM 
shall be allocated and utilized for the implementation of this Act. Such additional sums necessary 
to provide for family planning commodity requirements as outlined in Sec. 9, and for other 
reproductive health services, shall he included in the subsequent years' General Appropriations 
Acts. 
SEC. 21. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within thirty (30) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the Department of Health, National Economic and Development Authority 
and Commission on Population shall jointly promulgate, after thorough consultation with health 
and national multi-sectoral non-government organizations, the rules and regulations for the 
effective implementation of this Act and shall ensure the full dissemination of the same to the 
public. 
SEC. 22. Separability Clause. - If any part, SEC. or provision of this Act is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in force and effect, 
SEC. 23. Repealing Clause. All other laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and 
regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended 
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SEC. 24. Effectivity. - This Act shall tale effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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