Juan Antonio Perez, executive director of the Commission on Population, said if the contraceptives are made available to the 6 million women with unmet family planning needs, the contraceptive prevalence rate can increase to 65 percent, from the current 40 percent. The Philippines' population, now ...
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Conde said the law "will advance human rights in the Philippines, particularly of women and mothers" and empower them to make their own decisions over their health and family life. "It gives a clear mandate to the government to make reproductive health services readily available and, because of...
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Analysis: Poor women in the Philippines finding it harder to get access to contraceptives and family planning methodsSTEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE