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POPCOM-NCR opens helpline for family planning, gender-based violence concerns
PRESS RELEASE: The public is advised to call or text its official helpline numbers 09617432337 (Smart) and 09272998764 (Globe) or through messenger via POPCOM-NCR facebook account
[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Sotto attempt to remove fund for contraceptives is reproductive coercion
In November 2019, Sotto proposed to remove the P225 million budget specifically allocated to buy 300,000 contraceptive implants
Sotto calls for halt in implant contraceptive funding for 2020
Senate President Vicente Sotto III questions the ruling of the Food and Drug Administration that Implanon and Implanon NXT are non-abortifacient
PopCom: Amend RH law provision on minors' access to birth control
Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III says minors who already have children should be allowed to access family planning methods without their parents' permission
This Bangkok restaurant is covered in condoms – for good reason
At Cabbages & Condoms, it's all about safe sex
Duque assures public he’ll implement RH Law
DOH Secretary Francisco Duterte III once followed ex-president Gloria Arroyo's hardline stance against contraceptives when he served in her Cabinet
Bangladesh eyes sterilization to curb Rohingya population
An official says large families are the norm in the camps, where some parents have up to 19 children and many Rohingya men have more than one wife
Want to tackle economic inequality? Start by meeting women's RH needs – UN
The United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population 2017 focuses on reproductive health and rights in the age of inequality
Deaf in Albay given 'voice' to fight for their sexual rights
The Manila-based Forum for Family Planning and Development has been holding workshops on reproductive health and rights in Albay province for the past 3 years
TRO on implants to stay, SC blames DOH for delay
The High Court notes that the temporary restraining order it issued in 2015 never meant to enjoin the processing of the entire gamut of family planning supplies that have been declared as unquestionably non abortifacient
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EO 12 to 'pressure' SC ruling on contraceptive implants – Pernia
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia also says EO 12 allows local governments to find ways around the TRO in order to fully implement the reproductive health law
Duterte signs EO ensuring support for family planning
Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial says those who want to practice family planning will be provided the services to do so
Groups want TRO on implants lifted, ask to be intervenors in SC case
Reproductive health advocates claim that keeping the temporary restraining order in place would deprive millions of Filipino women access to contraceptives
DOH asks Supreme Court to lift TRO on contraceptives
The DOH s motion for reconsideration also seeks the reversal of a decision that ordered the FDA to determine if certain contraceptive drugs and devices are abortifacients or non abortifacients
Iloilo advocacy groups commit to use X
Iloilo will be the first city outside of Luzon that will take advantage of X During the event MovePH partners with the the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines – Iloilo chapter for the HIV AIDS advocacy in the region
Use of modern family planning methods in PH rose in 2015 – report
A report says government and non governmental organizations allocated a total of P40 70 billion in 2015 for the implementation of the Reproductive Health law
Spotify lowers pricing of Premium for Family plan
In the Philippines the Premium for Family plan is now P194 a month with up to 6 individual accounts allowed
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Most Filipinos want candidates to prioritize family planning – survey
A Pulse Asia poll shows 8 out of 10 Filipinos believe candidates should include family planning in their program of action while 9 out of 10 want the government to allocate funding for family planning services
Pope Francis on Zika: Contraception a lesser evil
The pontiff says abortion is a crime but adds that avoiding a pregnancy is not an absolute evil
The kids are having sex and they are not OK
Studies show that more young people than ever before are sexually active but without proper sexual reproductive health information and access to contraception they are left banging in the dark
RH champions awarded for contributions to family planning
Former Representative Edcel Lagman and Health Secretary Janette Garin s efforts to promote family planning earn them international recognition
Gates Foundation invests additional $120-M in family planning
The Gates Foundation and other concerned groups are moving to ensure the global targets for family planning
Meeting RH-related SDG targets: 'Work must start from Day 1'
Former health secretary Esperanza Cabral talks about what the Philippines must do differently to achieve the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals related to reproductive health
[DASH of SAS] Her name is Rosalie and she has 17 children
The scrapping of the P1 billion DOH budget for contraceptives will affect about 4 million women who are among the poorest of the poor
Duterte: Bible should say 'Adam, Eve, gays'
The presidential aspirant also says I am for family planning but I will never tolerate abortion because there’s already a human being inside a womb
DBM: Enough funds in 2016 budget for RH law
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad says the health department can draw at the very least around P900 million from different fund sources to buy family planning commodities
DOH may have to divert family health fund to purchase contraceptives
Health Secretary Janette Garin explains how the justifications for the P1 billion reproductive health budget cut by senators Legarda and Sotto don t add up
Health chief: No allocation for contraceptives in 2016 DOH budget
The DOH s proposed P1 B allocation for contraceptives was removed during deliberations of the bicameral conference committee says Health Secretary Janette Garin
Men's role in family-planning: Thousands to be sterilized in global 'vasectomy-athon'
Some 750 doctors in 25 countries are to perform the procedure on over 3 000 volunteers to mark World Vasectomy Day with many operations being provided free or at discounted rates
Karylle on kissing Vice Ganda, noontime show rivalry, starting a family
Karylle says the kiss with Vice did not make her husband Yael Yuzon jealous
[Dash of SAS] Why do some pro-life groups hate women so much?
Did you know that Sorsogon has an executive order declaring itself a pro life city hence banning modern contraception?
Learning sex education in school
Today s generation needs more than the usual discussion about the birds and bees
World Population Day: Women, RH, and disasters
Natural disasters have a strong impact on women and girls On top of this they suffer from another kind of disaster one that deprives them of their reproductive rights
Manila admits RH violation under former mayor Atienza
Global legal advocacy organization Center for Reproductive Rights calls on the city of Manila to execute an express repeal of the two ordinances which the United Nations says gravely and systematically violated women s rights
A year after the RH law, why the silence?
Payal Shah senior legal adviser of the New York based Center for Reproductive Rights discusses UN committee findings that many Filipinas still have no access to contraceptives and services
World Bank: 400M still lack access to key health care services
In low and middle income countries 6 of the people are at risk of being forced into or pushed further into poverty by health care costs
Advocates mourn loss of RH champion Tomas Osias
Osias is revered as PopCom s longest serving executive director hailed as a passionate and committed advocate and a father to all
God, sex, babies: Is learning safe sex unsafe?
Some Filipinos learn about safe sex only after having several unsafe encounters
Girls, blood, sex: A hard look at menstruation
Sex and pregnancy for some will always be a mystery only meant to be solved later on in life Or sometimes earlier but only by accident
Kids having kids: When choice is not an option
Sex is a word thrown around lightly these days; but you ll be surprised how little understood it is particularly among Filipino youth under 18
The irresponsibility of rabbits
His is the smiling face under the dripping cowl of a yellow raincoat preaching mercy and compassion but little of either is shown for the women who are blamed for breeding like rabbits in a church that bans artificial contraception
Sotto: Why bigger fund for contraceptives than drug rehab?
Senator Vicente Tito Sotto III a staunch critic of the reproductive health law also questions why funds are being allocated for contraceptives that have yet to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration
RH law full implementation by November 30
The full implementation of the RH law can be expected by November 30 once the FDA certifies that the contraceptives to be distributed by the DOH are non abortifacient
Our right to food
Besides the lack of stronger policies another problem faced by the Philippines in fighting hunger is the lack of awareness about the right to food
Protecting the newborn and the unborn
The Philippines is among the top 10 countries in the world with high inequality in newborn deaths between the richest and the poorest
SWS: 7 out of 10 Filipinos believe RH law is constitutional
A 2014 SWS survey shows that 72 of Filipinos favor the RH law while 77 believe it to be constitutional The SC is set to rule on its constitutionality on April 8
Young, pregnant and poor
For poor teenage mothers life is a roller coaster ride that just goes round and round
Without RH law, contraceptives will run out in Payatas
Only P14 million is allotted for Quezon City s health program when the city actually needs P200 million
