Responsible Parenthood and

Reproductive Health Act of 2012

RA 10354
• Also known as
the Reproductive
Health law or RH
law

• Enacted on
December 21,
2012
• A Law in the Philippines which
guarantees universal access to
methods on contraception, fertility
control sexual education and
maternal care

• Implemented to ensure the

provision, delivery and
access to reproductive
healthcare services, and to
promote, protect, and fulfill
women’s reproductive health
and rights
• Guarantees universal access
to medically-safe, non-
abortifacient, effective, legal,
affordable, and quality
reproductive healthcare
services, methods, devices,
and supplies which do not
prevent the implantation of a
fertilized ovum.
 4 PILLARS
Responsibl Respect for
e life
Parenthood

Birth Informed
spacing choice
 Elements of RH Law
• Family Planning information and services
• Maternal, infant and child health and nutrition, including breast
feeding
• Prevention of abortion and management of post-abortion
complications
• Adolescent and youth reproductive health guidance and counseling
• Prevention and management of reproductive tract infections (RTIs),
HIV/AIDS, and sexually transmittable diseases (STIs)
 Elements of RH Law
• Elimination of violence against women and children and other
forms of sexual and gender-based violence
• Education and counselling on sexuality and reproductive tract
cancers and other gynecologic conditions and disorders
• Male responsibility and involvement and men’s RH
• Prevention, treatment and management of infertility and sexual
dysfunction
• RH education for adolescents
• Mental health aspect of reproductive healthcare
The law provides the following:
• Midwives for skilled birth attendance
• Emergency obstetric care
• Hospital- family planning
• Contraceptives as essential medicines
• Reproductive health education
• Employers’ responsibilities
 Midwives for
skilled birth
attendance
The law mandates every city
and municipality to employ an
adequate number of midwives
and other skilled attendants.
Currently, only 57% of Filipino
women give birth with the
assistance of a trained
proffesional.
Emergency
obstetric care
Each province and city shall
ensure the establishment and
operation of hospitals with
adequate facilities and
qualified personnel that
provides emergency obstetric
care
 Contraceptives as
Hospital-based
essential
family planning
medicines
Reproductive health products
The law requires family
shall be considered essential
planning services like ligation,
medicines and supplies and
vasectomy, and intrauterine
shall form part of the National
device (IUD) placement to be
Drug Formulary. Their inclusion
available in all government
will enable the government to
hospitals
purchase contraceptives and
not merely rely on
unpredictable decisions
 Reproductive
health education
Reproductive health education
shall be taught by adequately
trained teachers in age-
appropriate manner
Employers’
responsibilities
Employers shall respect the
reproductive health rights of all their
workers. Women shall not be
discriminated against in the matter of
hiring, regularization, of employment
status or selection of retrenchment.
Employers shall provide fee
reproductive health services and
education to workers
Capability building Community-based workers shall
undergo additional and updated
of community- training on the delivery of
reproductive health care services
based volunteer and shall receive not less than
10% increase in honoraria upon
workers successful completion training
 Filipino in Surveys favor and RH law while Roman
Catholic church Opposes
• By 2011, surveys showed that nearly 8 out of 10 adult Filipinos
favored a passage of RH Bill
• The debates on whether passing the law or not demonstrated that
the only real objectors were the Catholic Bishops and their staunch
followers who insisted on their established position against modern
family planning methods such as “artificial” contraceptives.

References:
• https://asean-endocrinejournal.org/index.php/JAFES/article/view/48/471\
• RA10354_RPRHlawIRR1.pdf
• https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10354_2012.html
1. It is also known as the Reproductive health law or RH law
2. True or False. The RH law was Implemented to ensure the
provision, delivery and access to reproductive healthcare
services, and to promote, protect, and fulfill women’s
reproductive health and rights.
3-6. Give the 4 pillars of the RH Law
7-8. Give 2 elements of the RH Law.
9. The group who were against the passing of the RH law
10. True or False. surveys showed that nearly 8 out of 10
adult Filipinos favored a passage of RH Bill