FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 967 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution provides that the State shall protect the life of the mother and 
the unborn from conception. 
pregnancy causes debilitating physical and mental conditions in the fetus. 
Among the ravages of alcohol on the unborn child; are: (a) head and face 
deformities, such as small skull formation, distorted and flattened face, drooping eyelids 
and a large interval between the lip and the nose; (b) major organ system malfunctions 
resulting in heart defects, ear infections, hearing loss, poor eyesight, and bad teeth; (c) 
central-nervous-system dysfunctions, causing mental retardation and hyperactivity that 
is not easily controlled by drugs; and (d) arrested growth, both before and after birth. 
The result on the infant is now known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Unlike 
drugs such as barbiturates or opiates, alcohol can attack virtually any of the body's 
cells. 
Yet FAS is entirely preventable. All a mother has to do is to stop imbibing 
In some states in the United States, the policy is to require liquor bottles to carry 
the warning that alcohol intake during pregnancy is hazardous to the life and health of 
the unborn child. This bill seeks to do the same. Every year millions of affected Filipino 
children are born who could have been protected from the irreversible effects of FAS. 
The cost of the additional warning label, such as could be found in cigarette 
products is relatively small compared to the danger faced by many Filipino children. 
Approval of this bill could mean the start of a national campaign to foster this needed 
consciousness among our Filipino mothers. 
It is now established by studies and researches that drinking alcohol during 
alcoholic drinks during pregnancy. Beer, wine and hard liquor have the same effects. 
For these reasons, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly urged. 


FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
Senate Bill No.= 
INTRODUCED BY HON. rylANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT REQUIRING THAT ALL LIQUOR PRODUCTS TO CARRY A WARNING 
LABEL THAT ALCOHOL INTAKE DURING PREGNANCY IS HAZARDOUS TO 
THE LIFE AND HEALTH OF THE UNBORN CHILD 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. National Policy - It is hereby declared national policy to protect the 
life of the unborn child from conception from the harmful physical and me mental 
effects of drinking alcohol during pregnancy. 
SEC. 2. Policy Implementation. - All liquor products, regardless of alcohol 
content, shall carry a warning that alcohol intake during pregnancy is hazardous to the 
life and health of the unborn child. 
SEC. 3. Any liquor manufacturer and/or distributor who hall violate this Act shall 
suffer a fine of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,OOO.OO) to Ten Thousand Pesos 
(Pl0,OOO.OO); for the second offense, a fine of more than Ten Thousand Pesos 
(PlO,OOO.OO) but not more than Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,OOO.OO); for the third 
offense, a fine of from Twenty Thousand Pesos. (P20,OOO.OO) to Fifty Thousand Pesos 
(P50,000,00) and suspension of the license to manufacturer andlor distribute the liquor 
product; and for the f fourth offense, revocation of the license to manufacture and/or 
distribute the liquor, plus fine of from Fifty to One Hundred Thousand Pesos. 
SEC. 4. The Department of Health (DOH) shall carry out the provisions of this 
Act by issuing the necessary rules and regulations and monitoring its implementation. 
SEC. 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect three (3) months from its approval 
and publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general Circulation on. 
Approved,