This presentation was created before the bill was passed. The RH is now a law so it is definitely no longer called as RH BILL but rather RH LAW. I hope this will still be useful esp. to those who do not know the law itself.

2. As defined by the World Health Organization,
is a state of physical, mental, and social well-
being in all matters relating to the reproductive
system at all stages of life.
Implies that people are able to have a
satisfying and safe sex life and that they have
the capability to reproduce and the freedom to
decide if, when, and how often to do so.

3. This bill, according to Rep. Lagman,
promotes information on and access
to both natural and modern family
planning methods that are medically
safe and legally permissible.
It assures an enabling environment
where women and couples have the
freedom of informed choice on the
mode of family planning they want to
adopt based on their needs, personal
convictions and religious beliefs.

4. AUTHOR OF R.H. BILL N0.17

5. information and access to natural and modern
family planning;
maternal, infant and child health and
nutrition;
promotion of breast feeding;

6. adolescent and youth health; prevention and
management of reproductive tract
infections, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted
diseases;
prevention of abortion and management of
post-abortion complications;

7. male involvement and participation in
reproductive health;
prevention and treatment of infertility; and
reproductive health education for the youth.
elimination of violence against women;
counseling on sexuality and sexual and
reproductive health;
treatment of breast and reproductive tract
cancers;

8. The bill is controversial, as it is
being opposed by the Catholic
Church. The Catholic Church is
against the use of artificial
contraceptives.
Rep. Edcel
Lagman, however, says that the bill
does not have any bias for or against
either natural or modern family
planning. Both modes are
contraceptive methods with a
common purpose of preventing

10. SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be
known as the “Reproductive Health and
Population Development Act of 2008“.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State
upholds and promotes responsible parenthood,
informed choice, birth spacing and respect for
life in conformity with internationally recognized
human rights standards.
The State shall uphold the right of the
people, particularly women and their
organizations, to effective and reasonable
participation in the formulation and
implementation of the declared policy.

11. This policy is anchored on the rationale
that sustainable human development is better
assured with a manageable population of
healthy, educated and productive citizens.
The State likewise guarantees universal
access to medically-safe, legal, affordable and
quality reproductive health care services,
methods, devices, supplies and relevant
information thereon even as it prioritizes the
needs of women and children, among other
underprivileged sectors.

12. SEC. 3. Guiding Principles. – This Act
declares the following as basic guiding
principles:
a. In the promotion of reproductive health,
there should be no bias for either modern or
natural methods of family planning;
b. b. Reproductive health goes beyond a
demographic target because it is principally
about health and rights;
c. c. Gender equality and women
empowerment are central elements of
reproductive health and population
development;

13. d. Since manpower is the principal asset of
every country, effective reproductive health care
services must be given primacy to ensure the
birth and care of healthy children and to
promote responsible parenting;
e. The limited resources of the country cannot
be suffered to, be spread so thinly to service a
burgeoning multitude that makes the allocations
grossly inadequate and effectively meaningless;
f. Freedom of informed choice, which is central
to the exercise of any right, must be fully
guaranteed by the State like the right itself;

14. g. While the number and spacing of children
are left to the sound judgment of parents and
couples based on their personal conviction and
religious beliefs, such concerned parents and
couples, including unmarried individuals,
should be afforded free and full access to
relevant, adequate and correct information on
reproductive health and human sexuality and
should be guided by qualified State workers
and professional private practitioners;

15. h. Reproductive health, including the
promotion of breastfeeding, must be the joint
concern of the National Government and
Local Government Units(LGUs);
i. Protection and promotion of gender equality,
women empowerment and human rights,
including reproductive health rights, are
imperative;

16. j. Development is a multi-faceted process that
calls for the coordination and integration of
policies, plans, programs and projects that
seek to uplift the quality of life of the people,
more particularly the poor, the needy and
the marginalized;
k. Active participation by and thorough
consultation with concerned non-
government organizations (NGOs), people’s
organizations (POs) and communities are
imperative to ensure that basic policies,
plans, programs and projects address the
priority needs of stakeholders;

17. l. Respect for, protection and fulfillment of
reproductive health rights seek to promote not
only the rights and welfare of adult individuals
and couples but those of adolescents’ and
children’s as well; and
m. While nothing in this Act changes the law on
abortion, as abortion remains a crime and is
punishable, the government shall ensure that
women seeking care for post-abortion
complications shall be treated and counseled in
a humane, non-judgmental and compassionate
manner.

18. oFilipina women or their spouses
should have the freedom to choose
what is best for them and the family.

19. oSustained information campaign
be imparted on reproductive health
rights, care, services and facilities
coupled with universal access to all
methods of family planning ranging
from the natural to the modern
which are medically safe and
legally permissible.

20. oIt is needed to help ease the
country’s population problem.
oTheir common purpose is to
prevent unwanted pregnancies.
oThe bill will promote sustainable
human development.

22. 1. The bill is antilife.
2. The perception that the bill
interferes with family life.
3. The belief that the bill imposes a
two-child policy.

23. 4. The belief that
sexual education will
neither spawn “a
generation of sex
maniacs” nor breed a
culture of
promiscuity.
5. It claims that
family planning is the
panacea for poverty.
6. Family planning
leads to
demographic winter.

24. Princess Mae S. Chua
Kyrie Leonelyn C. Diwag
Klaus Austin Fuentes
Lady Katez Laspiñas
Irene Lauron
Marje L. Legaspo
Josiah Mangangot

25. It aims to understand the
attitude of various stakeholders
toward the issue on reproductive
health. Specifically, the study looks
into the attitude of MSU-IIT
students, religious leaders, officials
of the Department of Education,
workers of the Population
Commission and the Department of
Health toward the Reproductive
Health Bill.

26. •What are the objectives of the
Reproductive Health Bill?
•What are the values promoted by
the RH Bill?
•Do the respondents believe on the
objectives of the Reproductive
Health Bill?

27. •Do the respondents believe that
the RH Bill shall help in the
management of the population of
the Philippines?
•Does the RH Bill enjoy support in
Iligan?
•Is there an alternative for the RH
Bill in achieving its stated
objectives?

28. Thank
You!