As surrogacy booms, fears Ukraine becoming 'online baby store'

In some cases parents discover they have no genetic link with children born to surrogates

[PODCAST] Making Space: Upholding reproductive health rights in a pandemic

With the Philippine health system overwhelmed by the ongoing pandemic, are there enough resources to cater to non-coronavirus concerns?

[OPINION] Katherine's death calls for women’s reproductive health in pandemic

'Katherine was refused admission and care by 6 hospitals. She was declared dead on arrival by the time she arrived at the seventh hospital.'

Coronavirus detected in semen of infected men – Chinese study

'If it could be proved that SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted sexually in future studies, sexual transmission might be a critical part of the prevention of transmission,' the study says

Texas, Ohio suspend abortions, cite coronavirus fight

Abortion rights activists criticize the moves as an ideological maneuver and said abortions are not procedures that can simply be put on hold

Indian students stripped for menstruation checks

Menstruating women students must stay in an isolated basement area and keep away from the kitchen and the place of worship

India moves to allow abortions up to 24 weeks

'This is important because there are cases where the girl concerned doesn't realize she is pregnant in the first 5 months and has to go to court,' says senior minister Prakash Javadekar

Trump to become first U.S. president to attend anti-abortion March for Life

Abortion rights activists accuse Trump of an anti-abortion agenda, and express anxiety that the 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision that effectively legalized abortion is under threat

Sex delays menopause – study

The study says intimate relations at least once a week reduce the chances of entering menopause by 28%

[OPINION] What touring the Philippines taught me about sexual health in the country

I came across some truly eye-opening stories, including a young girl who became a mother at the age of 9 and bore her second child at the age of 10

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

[OPINION] We need to tackle the pregnancy crisis

'Fornication is not pleasing to the Lord,' we tell them. Well, these kids will gladly go to hell to be with their Romeos and Juliets.

SolGen role in annulment 'waste of taxpayers' money' – group

(3rd UPDATE) Senator Risa Hontiveros says advocates support the term 'dissolution of marriage' if other lawmakers have an issue on the word 'divorce'

'Nothing about us without us:' Youth advocates on reproductive health rights

Youth delegates at the Women Deliver Conference call for more than the usual lip service as they asked to be involved in planning public health policy that will directly impact them

'RH Bill Story' launch: Fight for reproductive rights continues

Marilen Dañguilan, a medical doctor trained in policymaking, launches her book 'The RH Bill Story: Contentions and Compromises'

WATCH: Book launch of 'The RH Bill Story: Contentions and Compromises'

In her book, Marilen Dañguilan writes a fascinating account of the long and stormy process behind the enactment of the reproductive health law

[ANALYSIS] Whatever happened to the Reproductive Health Law?

In her book, Marilen Dañguilan doubts if the story of the RH Law will ever end, what with the strong lobby of religious groups as well as the legal bedrock on which they can always anchor their counterarguments

Self-lubricating latex could boost condom use – study

Because the material has yet to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, the liquid-loving latex has yet to be tested during intercourse

Youth team addresses teen pregnancy in T'boli community

PRESS RELEASE: Team TeenPUYOG empowered peer educators to engage T'boli youth on the prevention of teenage pregnancy

Tanzanian president seeks end to contraception

'You have cattle. You are big farmers. You can feed your children. Why then resort to birth control? This is my opinion, I see no reason to control births in Tanzania,' President John Magufuli says in a speech on September 9

How backstreet abortionists terminate 7-month pregnancies

Part 2: The methods used by backstreet abortionists in the Philippines are barbaric, as told by women who experienced it themselves

CA denies pro-life group's plea vs FDA

The Court of Appeals decision effectively lifts a TRO by the Supreme Court and paves the way for the implementation of the Reproductive Health Law

Ramona Diaz's 'Motherland' returns for special screening

The documentary takes viewers inside the Fabella Hopsital, known as the country's 'baby factory'

U.S. judge blocks Trump anti-contraception measure

The measure could impose harm to thousand of American women, a federal judge from Pennsylvania says

Slum mothers' lives endangered by failure to implement RH law

The number of Filipinas who die from complications of giving birth remains high, according to the United Nations figures

'All systems go' for Pinays to avail of contraceptives from DOH

The DOH will prioritize the distribution of the 261,000 implants kept in its Manila-based warehouse, as their insertion time is set to expire by September 2018

Implanon contraceptive implants do not induce abortion – FDA

(UPDATED) The FDA certification that Implanon and Implanon NXT are non-abortifacients is a condition set by the Supreme Court for lifting the 2-year-old TRO on contraceptives

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

Contraceptives review won't be influenced by politics, hysteria – FDA

FDA director general Nela Charade Puno emphasizes the agency's review of 51 contraceptives – which could soon lead to the lifting of the SC TRO – is 'technical and scientific in nature and not a political one'

[OPINION | DASH of SAS] Lifting TRO on contraceptives: Waiting for the FDA

We need to make sure the FDA hears our voices. We need to let them that we urgently need them to complete the resolution on the 51 contraceptive brands.

FDA to certify implants as not inducing abortion – PopCom

(2ND UPDATE) With the FDA set to certify contraceptive implant brands Implanon and Implanon NXT as non-abortifacients, the DOH and RH Law advocates expect the Supreme Court to lift its TRO

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

[Dash of SAS] Teen pregnancy: Losses and missed opportunities

'When taken all together, the potential lifetime earnings lost due to early childbearing is P33 billion which is equal to 1.1% of our gross domestic product in 2012'

#PugadBaboy: Internet vs Intercourse

#ThewRap: Things you need to know, September 5, 2017

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Ubial expects TRO on implants to be lifted by September

The Commission on Population also clarifies that the temporary restraining order on contraceptive implants has not become permanent

SC: TRO on implants final and executory

There s nothing left to be done but to comply says Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te

Let's talk about sex: Ilya is the adult sex store you never knew you needed

Armed with a friendly informed staff and several flavors of ice cream the Ilya team is turning sex talk in the Philippines on – one satisfied customer at a time

Duterte says Sereno 'sitting on' decision on RH 'medicines'

If the TRO issued by the Supreme Court is not lifted soon 90 of contraceptive brands will be unusable come 2018

Benguet passes code for reproductive and family health

The Benguet Province Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Code consolidates long standing initiatives that the local government want the next administrations to continue

[DASH of SAS] That Supreme Court TRO

The Supreme Court did not issue a temporary restraining order TRO against the implementation of the RH Law They issued a TRO on contraceptives

Sereno clarifies: No TRO on RH law or pills, just 2 implants

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno reiterates that the issue is now for the Food and Drug Administration to resolve

HIGHLIGHTS: Issues mentioned in SONA 2017

Rappler compiles the following highlights of President Rodrigo Duterte s second State of the Nation Address

Give dignity kits to Marawi women, senator tells gov't

Even during normal times nursing mothers babies pregnant women must have the best of care Senator Juan Edgardo Angara says

Health experts push for PH policy on teenage pregnancy

On World Population Day experts call on lawmakers to work towards the enactment of bills tackling the issue of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines

Conflict-zone contraception for the Boko Haram homeless

According to the International Rescue Committee internally displaced people are extremely vulnerable to sexual abuse

Women's group seeks help for pregnant Marawi evacuees

The Center for Women’s Resources says pregnant women require proper nutrition and pre natal check ups which are not readily available in evacuation centers

Lack of sex education hurts female labor migrants

Getting pregnant has little to do with promiscuity but everything has to do with ignorance

[DASH of SAS] Supreme Court TRO on contraceptives not yet lifted

But the High Court clarifies its decision on a number of issues concerning contraceptive implants and the product registrations of all oral contraceptives

Ang tunay na lalaki: Men should fight for reproductive health too

For one you can’t make a baby without sperm