Family planning

Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children or if, they would like to
have children by offering education, counseling and birth control methods, and to determine the
spacing of their pregnancies. Family planning also helps protect women from any health risks
that may occur before, during or after childbirth.
Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control. Birth control is how to
prevent pregnancy before it begins. It can be used by both men and women. Types of birth control
can include pills, intrauterine devices (IUD), vasectomy and condoms.

Family planning to the society

 Empowering women and saving women’s lives

 Community/country benefits
 Global benefits

Family planning to the environment

 Slowing the rate of population growth may give countries time to take measures to meet
people’s needs, while protecting the environment.

RA 10354

The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, also known as

the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law. Is a Philippine law that provided universal access
to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care in the
Philippines.

It is an act providing for a national policy on responsible parenthood and reproductive

health, and aims to empower the Filipino people, especially women and youth, through
informed choice and age- and development- appropriate education. Further, the law
guarantees access to information, facilities and services most especially for the poor by
ensuring stable and sustainable reproductive health programs.

In particular, the law upholds and guarantee the following principles:

 The right to make free and informed decisions of every person particularly
couples, adult individuals, women and adolescents including preference and
choice for FP methods, determination of ideal family size;
 The provision of effective and quality RH care services by the state that will lead
to universal access to affordable and quality RH care and services;
 The provision of truthful information and education on RH; and
 The preferential access to the poor and the marginalized.
Ref:
ssets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5b97f5f940f0b6789a513262/021_Benefits_of_investing_in_famil
y_planning__K4D_template_.pdf

https://www.themedicalcity.com/news/family-planning-basic-human-right

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/11427-birth-control-options

https://rpo8.popcom.gov.ph/responsible-parenthood-and-reproductive-health-rprh-general-
information/