HEALTH - QUARTER 2

Health Trends, Issues And Concerns In The National Level

Lesson # 1 • Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2002 (Republic Act
10354)
Brief History of the Law

➢ RA 10354 is the consolidated version of House Bill 4244, which was primarily authored by
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin) and Senate Bill 2865, which has
Senators Pia Cayetano and Miriam Defensor-Santiago as its main author. President Benigno
Aquino III has signed Republic Act 10354 or the “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Act of 2012” in Malacanang on December 21, 2012
The Responsible Parenthood & Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354)

➢Informally known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, is a law in the Philippines,
which guarantees universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual
education, and maternal care.
• Contraception - the deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent
pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse.
• Fertility Control - are methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy. Planning, provision and
use of birth control is called family planning.
• Sex education - is instruction on issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual
anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual activity, reproductive health, emotional relations,
reproductive rights and responsibilities, sexual abstinence, and birth control.

➢ As with most laws, RA 10354 begins with a declaration of the State’s policies, which acts as
the basis for the law and its provisions. In particular, RA 10354 recognizes and promotes human
rights, such as:
1. Their right to equality, and non-discrimination of these rights
2. The right to sustainable human development
3. The right to health, which includes reproductive health
4. The right to education and information, and
5. The right to choose and make decisions for themselves in accordance with their religious
convictions, ethics, cultural beliefs, and the demands of responsible parenthood.
6. The right to health of women, especially mothers in particular, and of the people in general,
and in still health consciousness among them.
7. The right of families in particular and the people in general to a balanced and healthful
environment in accordance with the rhythm and harmony of nature.
8. The welfare and rights of children, the youth, and the unborn.
• Maternal Care - is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum
period. It encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal,
and postnatal care.
10. The right of spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions and the
demands of responsible parenthood.
11. The right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection
from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their
development.
12. The right of the family to a family living wage and income; and
13. The right of families or family associations to participate in the planning and implementation
of policies and programs.
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health builds its foundation on four pillars
• Pillar 1 – Informed Choice

➢ Effective and quality reproductive healthcare services, which are ethically and medically safe,
legal and accessible and affordable, shall be given primacy to ensure the health of the mother and
child. Also the government shall promote and provide unbiased information and access to these
services. This pillar also covers the provision for the integration of reproductive health and sex
education in schools and other educational settings.
• Pillar 2-Respect for Life

➢ The Act recognizes that abortion is illegal and punishable by law. However, mothers will be
identified to have aborted an unborn child will be served with post-abortive treatment and
counselling in a humane, non-judgmental, and compassionate manner.
• Pillar 3 – Birth Control

➢ Reproductive healthcare, information, and supplies shall be made available most especially to
poor beneficiaries. however, the Act provisions also that the government must respect the
citizen’s individual preferences and choices of family planning method.
• Pillar 4 – Responsible Parenthood

➢Couples determine their ideal family size. In addition, the government shall equip each parent
with needed information in all aspects of family life, reproductive health, and this pillar.
Issues concerning RA 10354
• Fornication - Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman who are not married to each
other. • Under the Common Law, the crime of fornication consisted of unlawful sexual
intercourse between an unmarried woman and a man, regardless of his marital status. If the
woman was married, the crime was Adultery. n order to reduce maternal morbidity and
mortality.
COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUG

ACT OF 2002 (RA 9165)

• The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 or Republic Act No. 9165 is a
consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1858 and House Bill No. 4433. It was enacted and passed by the
Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 30, 2002 and
May 29, 2002, respectively. It was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on
January 23, 2002.
This Act repealed the Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of
1972, as amended, and providing funds for its implementation.

• Under this Act, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) remains as the policy-making and
strategy- formulating body in planning and formulation of policies and program on drug
prevention and control.
It also created the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) under the Office of the
President, which serves as the implementing arm of the DDB, shall be responsible for the
efficient and effective ambit...law enforcement of all the provisions on any dangerous drugs,
controlled precursors and essential chemicals as provided in this Act.
• Under this Law, here are some of the Terms and unlawful acts and are subject to penalties and
fines.
• Article I
Definition of terms
• Administer. – Any act of introducing any dangerous drug into the body of any person, with or
without his/her knowledge, by injection, inhalation, ingestion or other means, or of committing
any act of indispensable assistance to a person in administering a dangerous drug to
himself/herself unless administered by a duly licensed practitioner for purposes of medication.
• Board. - Refers to the Dangerous Drugs Board under Section 77, Article IX of this Act.
• Centers. - Any of the treatment and rehabilitation centers for drug dependents
• Chemical Diversion. – The sale, distribution, supply or transport of legitimately imported, in-
transit, manufactured or procured controlled precursors and essential chemicals, in diluted,
mixtures or in concentrated form, to any person or entity engaged in the manufacture of any
dangerous drug, and shall include packaging, repackaging, labeling, relabeling or concealment of
such transaction through fraud, destruction of documents, fraudulent use of permits,
misdeclaration, use of front companies
• Clandestine Laboratory. – Any facility used for the illegal manufacture of any dangerous
drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical.
• Cultivate or Culture. – Any act of knowingly planting, growing, raising, or permitting the
planting, growing or raising of any plant which is the source of a dangerous drug.
• Dispense. – Any act of giving away, selling or distributing medicine or any dangerous drug
with or without the use of prescription.
• Drug Dependence. – As based on the World Health Organization definition, it is a cluster of
physiological, behavioural and cognitive phenomena of variable intensity, in which the use of
psychoactive drug takes on a high priority thereby involving, among others, a strong desire or a
sense of compulsion to take the substance and the difficulties in controlling substance-taking
behaviour in terms of its onset, termination, or levels of use.
• Drug Syndicate. – Any organized group of two (2) or more persons forming or joining
together with the intention of committing any offense prescribed under this Act.
• Illegal Trafficking. – The illegal cultivation, culture, delivery, administration, dispensation,
manufacture, sale, trading, transportation, distribution, importation, exportation and possession
of any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical.
• Instrument. – Any thing that is used in or intended to be used in any manner in the
commission of illegal drug trafficking or related offenses.
• Cannabis or commonly known as "Marijuana" or "Indian Hemp" or by its any other
name. – Embraces every kind, class, genus, or specie of the plant Cannabis sativa L. including,
but not limited to, Cannabis americana, hashish, bhang, guaza, churrus and ganjab, and embraces
every kind, class and character of marijuana, whether dried or fresh and flowering, flowering or
fruiting tops, or any part or portion of the plant and seeds thereof,
• Methamphetamine Hydrochloride or commonly known as "Shabu", "Ice", "Meth", or
by its any other name. – Refers to the drug having such chemical composition, including any of
its isomers or derivatives in any form.
• PDEA. – Refers to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
• Protector/Coddler. – Any person who knowingly and wilfully consents to the unlawful acts
provided for in this Act and uses his/her influence, power or position in shielding, harbouring,
screening or facilitating the escape of any person he/she knows, or has reasonable grounds to
believe on or suspects, has violated the provisions of this Act in order to prevent the arrest,
prosecution and convict
• Pusher. – Any person who sells, trades, administers, dispenses, delivers or gives away to
another, on any terms whatsoever, or distributes, dispatches in transit or transports dangerous
drugs or who acts as a broker in any of such transactions, in violation of this Act.ion of the
violator.
• Use. – Any act of injecting, intravenously or intramuscularly, of consuming, either by chewing,
smoking, sniffing, eating, swallowing, drinking or otherwise introducing into the physiological
system of the body, and of the dangerous drugs.

ARTICLE II
Unlawful Acts and Penalties
• Section 4. Importation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential
Chemicals.
• Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, Delivery, Distribution and
Transportation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals.
• Section 6. Maintenance of a Den, Dive or Resort.
• Section 7. Employees and Visitors of a Den, Dive or Resort
• Section 8. Manufacture of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential
Chemicals
• Section 11. Possession of Dangerous Drugs
• Section 13. Possession of Dangerous Drugs During Parties, Social Gatherings or Meetings
• Section 15. Use of Dangerous Drugs.
• Section 16. Cultivation or Culture of Plants Classified as Dangerous Drugs or are Sources
Thereof.
• Section 18. Unnecessary Prescription of Dangerous Drugs
• Section 25. Qualifying Aggravating Circumstances in the Commission of a Crime by an
Offender Under the Influence of Dangerous Drugs.
• Section 26. Attempt or Conspiracy