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History of RH Law in The Philippines
History of RH Law in The Philippines
Law
What is reproductive
health?
a 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.
Even though RH is defined to be a persons
holistic health, matters relating to a couples sex
life are inextricably linked to this topic.
Contraceptive,
Population, and
Reproductive Health Laws
RA 4729
RA 5921
June 19, 1966 June 21, 1969
RA 9710
RA 10354
Aug 14, 2009
Dec 21, 2012
Enactment of measures
RA 6365
PD 71
to promote the mitigation
of population growth Aug 16, 1971Dec 8, 1972
December 11, 1967
PD 71 (December 8,
1972)
"Revising the Population Act of Nineteen Hundred
And Seventy-One.
which, among others, made "family planning a
part of a broad educational program," provided
"family planning services as a part of over-all
health care," and made "available all acceptable
methods of contraception, except abortion, to all
Filipino citizens desirous of spacing, limiting or
preventing pregnancies."