RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD

AND
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ACT 2012

Responsible Parenthood and

Reproductive Health Act of 2012
Republic Act No. 10354
It is informally known as the
Reproductive Health Law or
RH Law
It is a law in the Philippines,
which guarantees universal
access to methods on
contraception, fertility control,
sexual education, and
maternal care.

DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH
(DOH)

Department of Health (DOH)

It leads the implementation of
the reproductive health care
program to ensure the
Filipinos' access to methods,
facilities, services and supplies
that contribute to reproductive
health and well-being.
It is for the distribution of family planning
supplies to the whole Philippines through the
local government units.

PHILIPPINE HEALTH
INSURANCE
COMMISSION (PHIC)

Philippine Health Insurance

Commission (PHIC)
It gives maximum benefits to
Filipinos with serious and lifethreatening reproductive health
conditions including HIV and
AIDS, breast and reproductive
tract cancers, and obstetric
complications, and menopausal
and post-menopausal-related conditions.
Specific guidelines on this provision are provided
by the said health insurance corporation.

DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
(DepEd)

Department of Education (DepEd)

It formulates a curriculum for
public schools that its trained
teachers can follow.
They will provide age-appropriate
reproductive health education
which include but not limited to
topics on values formation,
sexuality, kinds of abuse,
responsible teenage behavior and
even responsible parenthood to
adolescents defined in the law as
people between 10-19 yrs old.

LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT
(LGU)

Local Government Unit (LGU)

It is responsible of the
following:
a. upgrading its local
hospitals' equipments and
personnel as deemed
necessary by its local health
office;
b. distributing; and
c. monitoring family planning
supplies from the DOH to their
specific jurisdictions.

Local Government Unit (LGU)

1. Region A sub-national administrative unit comprising of
several provinces having more or less homogenous
characteristics, dialect spoken, agricultural produce, etc.
2. Province Its functions and duties in relation to its
component cities and municipalities are generally coordinative
and supervisory.
3. City the highly urbanized, the independent component
cities which are independent component cities which are
independent of the province, and the component cities which are
part of the provinces where they are located and subject to their
administrative supervision.
4. Municipality It is endowed with the facilities of a municipal
corporation, exercised by and through the municipal government
in conformity with law.
5. Barangay The smallest political unit.

FOOD AND DRUG

ADMINISTRATION
(FDA)

Food and Drug Administration

(FDA)

It issues guidelines on the use of various

family planning methods.

Food and Drug Administration

(FDA)
Develops plans policies, programs and trategies for
regulating processed foods, drugs and other related
products
Formulates rules, regulationsand standards for licensing
and accreditation of processed foods, drugs, and other
related products
Monitors, evaluates and ensures compliance of
manufacturers, distributors, advertisers and retailers of
processed foods, drugs and other related products to rules
and regulations and standards of quality.
Advises the Secretary and Undersecretary of Health on
matters pertaining to regulation of processed foods, drugs
and other related products.