Population and

Reproductive Health
Law
The Contemporary World
What were the consequences of
overpopulation?
Problems Arose as a result of
overpopulation and its impacts on the
environment
 Pollution
 Deforestation
 Fresh Water Availability (consumption of finite natural
resources)
 Depletion of Natural Resources
 Problems Arose as a result of
overpopulation and its impacts on the
environment
 Depletion of Natural Resources
"The structure of the world's ecosystems changed
more rapidly in the second half of the twentieth
century than at any time in recorded human history,
and virtually all of Earth's ecosystems have now
been significantly transformed through human
actions.“

-UNEP Global Environment Outlook

Urban Family vs Rural Family

 Urbanized. Educated and Professional

Families (with two incomes) desire just
one or two progenies.
 Rural Families view multiple children
and large kinship networks as critical
investments (Children, for example,
can take over the agricultural work.)

Migration to the Cities - Urban Populations have

grown (1950 to present), but not necessarily because
families are having more children.
The “Perils” of Overpopulation
According to The Population Bomb (Ehrlich and Anne)
overpopulation will bring about global environmental
disasters (Food shortage and mass starvation)

Source: The Contemporary World by Claudio and Abinales (2018)

 The “Perils” of Overpopulation

By limiting the population, vital resources

could be used for economic progress and not
to be “diverted” and “wasted” to feeding
more mouths.

This Argument became the basis for

government “Population Control”
programs worldwide.

Source: The Contemporary World by Claudio and Abinales (2018)

REPUBLIC ACT 10354:The Responsible
Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of
2012

An Act providing for a

national policy on
responsible parenthood
and reproductive
health.
Introduction

 It directs the government to appropriately serve Filipinos'

needs in the areas of responsible parenting and
reproductive health.
 The law seeks to empower Filipinos, particularly women
and young people, via informed choice and age- and
developmentally-appropriate education.
RH law guarantees the following

 Access to services on Reproductive Health

and Family Planning
- To make Family Planning Counseling
an integral parts of services in hospitals and
health centers

 Maternal Health Care services

 RH and sexuality education for the youth
 Regular funding
RH law guarantees the following

 Promote Openness to Life:

Provided, that parents bring forth
to the world only those children
whom they can raise in truly
humane way.
RH law guarantees the following

 RH and sexuality education for the youth

Section 14. Age and Development Appropriate Reproductive

Health and Sexuality Education
 Values formation
 Knowledge and skills in self-protection against
discrimination.
 Sexual abuse and violence against women/gender-based
violence.
 Teen Pregnancy
RH law guarantees the following

 RH and sexuality education for the youth

Section 14. Age and Development Appropriate Reproductive

Health and Sexuality Education
 Physical, social, and emotional changes in adolescents.
 Women’s rights
 Children’s rights
 Gender and Development
 Responsible parenthood