MAPEH 10 – HEALTH responsible parenthood into all government anti-

Lesson 1: Reproductive Health Act of 2012 poverty programs.

or RH Law R.A 10354
This is a law which guaranteed universal access to
methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual
education, and maternal care
This law mandates Philippine government and the
private sector to fund and undertake widespread
distribution of family planning devices such as condoms,
birth control pills, and IUDs, as well as on-going
dissemination of information on their use to all health
care centers.
The history of reproductive health in the Philippines
dates back to 1967 when Ferdinand Marcos signed the
‘Declaration of Population’
He created the Commission on Population to push
for smaller family and provided information and services
to decrease population and lower fertility rates.
Ferdinand Marcos pushed for a systematic distribution
of contraceptives all over the country.
4. Health and sexuality education is required from
grade five to grade ten students using life skills
and other approaches.
5. The national and local government will ensure
the availability of reproductive healthcare
services such as family planning and parental
care.
6. Free choice regarding reproductive health to
enable people, especially the poor, to have a
number of children they can care and provide for.
7. Rapid population growth and high fertility rates,
especially among the poor, exacerbate poverty
and makes it harder for the government to
address it.
8. Smaller family and wider pregnancy intervals
resulting from the use of contraceptives allow
families to invest more in each child’s education,
health, nutrition, and eventually reduce poverty
and hunger at the household level.

The Corazon Aquino Administration focused on giving

couples the right to have the number of children they
prefer.

Fidel Ramos shifted from population control to

population management.

Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo focused on natural family

planning while contraceptives are openly sold in the
country.

Benigno Aquino III endorsed Reproductive Health Bill

10354

R.A 10354
1. The bill mandates the government to “promote all
effective, natural, and modern methods of family
planning that are medically safe and legal.”
2. The bill further states that “the government shall
ensure that all women needing care for post-
abortion complications shall be treated and
counseled in a humane, non-judgmental, and
compassionate manner.”
3. The bill calls for a “multi- dimensional
approach” and integrates family planning and