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Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (1987), Article II, Section 12 The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act. No. 3815 of December 8, 1930, Articles 256 – 259 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (1987), Article II, Section 12 Section 12 The State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect […]
Abortion was criminalized through the Penal Code of 1870 under Spanish colonial rule, and the criminal provisions were incorporated into the Revised Penal Code passed in 1930 under U.S. occupation of the Philippines. The criminalization of abortion has not pre-vented abortion, but instead has made the procedure unsafe and potentially deadly for
Jul 19, 2022 · “The US Supreme Court’s decision to ban abortion is good news,” Crispin Varquez, a local bishop and prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, said in an interview on Radio Veritas ...
Jun 29, 2022 · The country’s current provisions on abortion are based on two legislations: Article II, Section 12 of the 1987 Constitution, and Articles 256-259 of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.
Abortion incidence. A 1997 study estimated that, despite legal restrictions, in 1994 there were 400,000 abortions performed illegally in the Philippines and 80,000 hospitalizations of women for abortion-related complications; [3] It was reported in 2005 that official estimates then ranged from 400,000 to 500,000 and rising, and that the World ...
Dec 18, 2022 · On 24 June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that protected the constitutional right to abortion, threatening the physical and mental health of millions of pregnant people in the U.S. However, this crisis has long been the reality for pregnant people in the Philippines, a lower-middle income country in Southeast Asia where abortion remains restricted ...
The Philippines must decriminalize abortion now, otherwise, allowing outmoded colonial penal abortion laws in Philippine law makes us all complicit to the high number of women who die each day from unsafe abortion complications. 10 With abortion decriminalized, women [s access to safe abortion and post-abortion care will not be impeded, thus ...
