WHAT IS “RH BILL”?

• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
 DID YOU KNOW?
• ON DECEMBER 21, 2012, PRESIDENT AQUINO SIGNED THE BILL INTO
LAW, CODIFYING THE BILL AS REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10354, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE "RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH ACT OF 2012".
 ADVANTAGES OF “RH BILL”
• 1 RH WILL: PROTECT THE HEALTH & LIVES OF MOTHERS
• 2 SAVE BABIES
• 3 RESPOND TO THE MAJORITY WHO WANT SMALLER FAMILIES
• 4 PROMOTE EQUITY FOR POOR FAMILIES
• 5 PREVENT INDUCED ABORTIONS
• 6 GIVE ACCURATE & POSITIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE
• 7 REDUCE CANCER DEATHS
DISADVANTAGES OF “RH BILL”
• IT VIOLATES OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
• RH BILL IS AMORAL
• MACROECONOMIC ISSUES
• UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUES
• UNCHECKED POPULATION GROWTH
• ARMED CONFLICT
• DISABILITY