What is RH Bill? - Reproductive Health Bill 4244

Reproductive Health Bill, popularly known as the RH Bill, is a Philippine bill aiming to provide universal access to methods and information on birth control and maternal care. The bill has become the center of a contentious national debate.

What is RH Bill?
RH Bill in full text of reproductive health bills filed at the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, from the current (15th Congress) to as far back as 1999 (11th Congress).

Voluntary amendments to this bill have been made by the authors. See the letter of Rep. Edcel Lagman to Rep. Rogelio Espina, Chairman of the Committee on Population and Family Relations.

• SEC. 1. Title
• SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy
• SEC. 3. Guiding Principles
• SEC. 4. Definition of Terms
• SEC. 5. Midwives for Skilled Attendance
• SEC. 6. Emergency Obstetric Care
• SEC. 7. Access to Family Planning
• SEC. 8. Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Crisis Situations
• SEC. 9. Maternal Death Review
• SEC. 10. Family Planning Supplies as Essential Medicines
• SEC. 11. Procurement and Distribution of Family Planning Supplies
• SEC. 12. Integration of Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning Component in Anti-Poverty Programs
• SEC. 13. Roles of Local Government in Family Planning Programs
• SEC. 14. Benefits for Serious and Life-Threatening Reproductive Health Conditions
• SEC. 15. Mobile Health Care Service
• SEC. 16. Mandatory Age-Appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education
• SEC. 17. Additional Duty of the Local Population Officer
• SEC. 18. Certificate of Compliance
• SEC. 19. Capability Building of Barangay Health Workers
• SEC. 20. Ideal Family Size
• SEC. 21. Employers’ Responsibilities
• SEC. 22. Pro Bono Services for Indigent Women
• SEC. 23. Sexual And Reproductive Health Programs For Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)
• SEC. 24. Right to Reproductive Health Care Information
• SEC. 25. Implementing Mechanisms
• SEC. 26. Reporting Requirements
• SEC. 27. Congressional Oversight Committee (COC)
• SEC. 28. Prohibited Acts
• SEC. 29. Penalties
• SEC. 30. Appropriations
• SEC. 31. Implementing Rules and Regulations
• SEC. 32-34. Separability Clause, Repealing Clause, Effectivity

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