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

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

Ramona Diaz's 'Motherland' returns for special screening

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

'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

TRO on Implanon contraceptive implants deemed lifted

The Food and Drug Administration rules Implanon and Implanon NXT are non-abortifacients

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

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

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

[Dash of SAS] Harmful side effects of SC TRO on contraceptives

The TRO gave anti RH officials the perfect excuse to restrict the implementation of the RH Law in accordance with personal beliefs

[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

Lack of sex education hurts female labor migrants

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

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

For one you can’t make a baby without sperm

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

'I am a nun but I am pro-RH law' – Sr Mary John Mananzan

At a forum that seeks to unite women Sr Mary John Mananzan hits critics of the reproductive health law – including bishops

WATCH: The risks Filipino women face

This social video features reproductive health services and information for marginalized communities in remote regions

#DontTakeAwayMyBirthControl: Besh, we need to talk about RH law again

Sign the petition asking the Supreme Court SC to lift its TRO on contraceptives

#PugadBaboy: Health Insurance

[Dash of SAS] When you run out of birth control pills

President Duterte’s signing of EO 12 is a step in the right direction, but the Supreme Court still has to lift its TRO

Restoring RH budget a 'bright spot' for Duterte administration

UPDATED Human Rights Watch says the budget cut in January 2016 threatened to roll back hard fought gains in maternal health and reductions in infant mortality over the past decade

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

[DASH of SAS] Give the gift of choice

Support some groups who empower Filipino families to exercise their reproductive health rights even when the Department of Health could not

Drug rehab, RH budget, Zika, and other public health newsmakers in 2016

Here are 8 issues in the public health sector that made headlines in 2016

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

NEDA: Poverty incidence could fall with full implementation of RH law

The poverty incidence could fall to 13 15 in 2022 from 21 6 in 2015 This estimate also assumes continued economic growth which NEDA expects to remain on track for the 3rd quarter of 2016

The silent Church

The Catholic Church is undergoing a very deep crisis of credibility if not legitimacy – one that its leaders feel could worsen should it challenge President Rodrigo Duterte on the killings

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

DOH honors health champion Miriam Santiago

The health department lauds the senator s contributions to crafting laws which served as basis for the foundation in establishing Universal Health Care

DOH wants P1.2-B reproductive health budget in 2017

This is a huge jump from the P165 million proposal earlier presented by Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial before lawmakers at the House of Representatives

SC denies plea to lift TRO on distribution, sale of implants

The High Court orders the Food and Drug Administration to find out whether certain contraceptive drugs and devices are abortifacients or not

Why RH matters: Teenage moms and childhood undernutrition

Government officials push for the full implementation of the reproductive health law as part of the efforts to improve child nutrition in the country

Strong Q2 showing maintains pace for more inclusive growth – DOF

We expect to continue this growth trajectory but with a difference from the previous administration because we will be reducing poverty rates says Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III

DepEd chief hits schools that kick out pregnant girls

There are schools which automatically kick out children who get pregnant and automatically also destroy their lives says Education Secretary Leonor Briones

SONA 2016: Duterte urges full implementation of RH law

But the President is silent on a 2015 temporary restraining order from the Supreme Court which advocates consider the biggest challenge in implementing the reproductive health law

Advocates call for highest political recognition of HIV/AIDS epidemic

Advocates say political will and leadership at the national and local government levels are needed to create scale up and sustain comprehensive programs on HIV AIDS prevention in communities

Less poverty if RH law implemented earlier – NEDA chief

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia says poverty reduction in the Philippines has been really very slow since policymakers have not paid attention to population policy

To avoid RH law delays, economic planning chief proposes Duterte EO

NEDA chief Ernesto Pernia fears the effects of the TRO – maternal deaths teenage pregnancies and unwanted pregnancies – could become bigger social problems in the long run

DOH readies case vs Sorsogon mayor for 'gross violation' of RH law

Because of an executive order declaring Sorsogon City as pro life family planning commodities have been withdrawn from the city and services have been stopped by the mayor arbitrarily say health officials

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

10 of Aquino's biggest hits and misses, as seen through social media

How did President Aquino s term fare under the social media spotlight?

Challenges for next health chief: Immunization, TRO on implants

Janette Garin hopes her successor won t have to encounter the inconveniences and problems she had to go through in her one year and 4 months as health secretary

[Dash of SAS] Love and sex advice from the Pope

Many of the laws in the Philippines are based on the love and sex advice dispensed by the Church says sex and gender columnist Ana Santos

Hontiveros: Include 'hilot' in community health teams

The former PhilHealth director an administration senatorial bet counters a proposal to arrest or ban the traditional health attendants in rural areas

Probe into RH law implementation starts April 1

It is not enough that we have passed the RH Law; we must ensure that its provisions are carried out and that its promise of non judgmental and safe access to RH commodities and information is fulfilled