ABORTION

The Philippines abortion law is among the strictest in the world. Abortion is
illegal under all circumstances and there are no explicit exceptions.
Nonetheless, because of high levels of unintended pregnancy, abortion is
common in the country. Projections that were based on the national abortion
rate in 2000 (the most recent available) and that took into account population
increase estimated that 560,000 abortions occurred in 2008 and 610,000
abortions took place in 2012.
Many women in the Philippines are unable to achieve their desired family size, and
have more children than they want. Unintended pregnancy is common, in part because
of the high unmet need for contraception.
• The Philippine government has made efforts to improve access to contraceptive
services, but abortion is illegal under all circumstances and is thus highly stigmatized.
Nonetheless, abortion is common, but is often performed in unsanitary conditions and
using outdated techniques.
• Unsafe abortion carries significant risks for Filipino women: About 1,000 die each
year from abortion complications, which contributes to the nation’s high maternal
mortality ratio. Tens of thousands of women are hospitalized each year for
complications from unsafe abortion.
• Poor women, rural women and young women are particularly likely to experience
unintended pregnancy and to seek abortion under unsafe conditions.
• Because of the risks of unsafe abortion, many women need postabortion care, but
they face barriers in obtaining such care, including the stigma around abortion and the
high cost of medical care.
• Policymakers and government agencies should educate the public about
contraception, ensure adequate funding for contraceptive services and eliminate
barriers to obtaining methods, particularly among disadvantaged populations. To help
destigmatize postabortion care, the government should train more providers in the use
of safer and less invasive methods of care.
Define the abortion in the Philippines,my analysis and my decision.

"Pro-choice" emphasizes the right of women to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy. "Pro-
life" emphasizes the right of the embryo or fetus to gestate to term and be born. Both terms are
considered loaded in mainstream media, where terms such as "abortion rights" or "anti-
abortion" are generally preferred.
People who are pro-life believe that all humans, including the unborn, have a right to life.
Within the pro-life community some believe that an unborn baby has life as soon as it has
been conceived, because they believe that having a human genome is enough for a developing
organism to be called a living human being.
Being pro-choice means understanding abortion as a moral choice among numerous moral
and morally defensible choices about pregnancy, childbearing, and parenting.
In the latest report on national abortion incident in the Philippines, there are certain reports on
hospitals that have been employed to measure the prevalence rate of 27 abortion per 1,000
women of reproductive age in the year 2000 with lower and upper data of 22 and 31 abortion per
1,000 women. This was notably much higher than a recent estimation of the unsafe Southeast
Asian abortion rate f having 22 abortions per 1000 females, indicating more unsafe abortions in
the Philippines than in certain neighboring countries. An estimation of 560,000 abortions
occurred in 2008 and 610,000 abortions occurred in May 19, 2012 based on the 2000 national
abortion rate and account of population changes. (Gutmatcher Institute,2013)
Abortion in the Philippines is immoral and is under no circumstances allowed. This is being criminalized
under the Article II , section 12, of the Constitution of the Philippines for 1987, amends every
provision of the Penal Code on abortion stating:
“The State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic
autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn
from conception. The natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth for civic
efficiency and the development of moral character shall receive the support of the Government.”
(Wikipedia 20???)

The term abortion usually designates the termination of a fetus child before the end of the 28 th week
pregnancy. It implies the expulsion of all or any part of placenta or membranes, with or without an
identifiable fetus or with live-born or stillborn infant weighing less than 1000g. (BPAS,2013) If abortion
occurs before 12 weeks it is referred to as early abortion, and therefore the term is late abortion. Most
Filipino women who have unintended pregnancy every year face a tough decision either they
give birth to a child they are unprepared for, unable to provide, or they have an abortion which is
highly illegal and dangerous.
TYPES
Abortion is a controversial subject, which should be addressed as they happen, because they are more
prominent than we care to acknowledge. If we really care for life, we have to understand how things
work. (Tan,2008) according to cuhuhcu,, there are 6 types of abortion to consider. First is the threatened
abortion, used if menstrual leakage complicates a pregnancy by the 20 th week. The suffering may not be
a prominent feature of endangered abortion, but sometimes a lower dull ache accompanies bleeding.
Medically reviewed by Dan and Jennifer Digmann on January 18, 2016 — Written by Jaime
Herndon, MS, MPH, MFA https://www.healthline.com/health/miscarriage-threatened
https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/pubs/IB-unintended-pregnancy-
philippines.pdf
https://www.bpas.org/get-involved/campaigns/briefings/fetal-anomaly/

As abortion is very stigmatized and illegal by the law, calculating the number of abortions in the
Philippines is very difficult because it may not be reported by both women and providers.