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RH hurdled the bicam

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  • OFFICE OF REP. EDCEL C. LAGMAN
  • 0916 6406737 / 0918 912 0137
  • 9315497
  • 19 December 2012

 

 

 

           The reproductive health bill hurdled the bicameral conference committee retaining the empowerment of women and couples to freely and responsibly determine the number and spacing of their children.

 

         The government is also authorized to promote reproductive health, including voluntary contraception, prioritizing the poor and the marginalized.

 

          The national government and the local government units (LGUs) are jointly responsible for the implementation of the reproductive health law with the LGUs receiving financial and technical assistance from the national government.

 

            Reproductive health and sexuality education is retained with the Department of Education formulating the curriculum for the use of public schools and adaptable to private schools.