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Bayan sa CamSur, namigay ng relief goods na may contraceptives

Mylce Mella, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 06:19 PM

Total na 460 na pamilya ang nakinabang ng relief goods na may contraceptives. Read more »

Many sexually active Pinoys don't use condoms, survey says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 12:29 PM

MANILA—Most sexually active Filipinos don't always use condoms, a survey this year has found, which puts them at risk of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy.   Read more »

'Vegan' condoms, anyone?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 09:08 AM

Unlike synthetic condoms, these are made from natural rubber which decomposes over time, says Loop. store owner Pocholo Espina. Read more »

From Marcos to Duterte: An ever-changing Philippine population policy

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 11:59 PM

Official surveys say that on average, Filipino women only want 2 children. Many families, however, have more than that. Read more »

Pinay fined in Singapore for illegally peddling contraceptives, medicines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 10:45 PM

A Filipina store owner in Singapore has been fined $30,000 for illegally peddling contraceptives, painkillers, and antibiotics. Read more »

Family planning for free?

Research by Juni Gonzales and Alexis Lopez, infographic by Andrea Canlobo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 03:59 PM

Here is a list of family planning methods available to the public for free and its prices commercially which many are not availing of.  Read more »

CA denies pro-life group's petition vs contraceptives

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 11:45 PM

Pro-life group Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines, Inc. (ALFI) has failed in its bid to stop the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from certifying 51 contraceptives as safe and non-abortifacient. Read more »

Condom na gawa sa China, 'minamaliit' ng mga taga-Zimbabwe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 11:31 AM

Pinuna ng health minister ng Zimbabwe na tila "maliit" ang inaangkat nilang condom mula China para sa mga kalalakihan ng Africa. Read more »

Slum mum woes as PH birth control plans fail

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 03:33 PM

MANILA - At age 33 and raising six children in a slum named "Paradise Village", Myrna Albos is Exhibit A for the Philippines' serial family planning failures. Read more »

Desisyon ukol sa contraceptives, tinutulan ng ilang grupong pro-life

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 07:42 PM

Umaalma ang ilang pro-life group matapos ideklara ng Food and Drug Administration na hindi "abortifacients" o hindi nakakapagpalaglag ng sanggol sa sinapupunan ang 51 contraceptives. Read more »

Pamamahagi ng contraceptives sa health centers, itutuloy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 12:03 AM

Itutuloy ang pamamahagi sa mga health center ng mga implant na mag-e-expire na sa Setyembre 2018 matapos sertipikahan ng FDA ang 51 contraceptives na hindi nakalalaglag ng ipinagbubuntis. Read more »

RH law, inaasahang uusad na dahil sa desisyon sa contraceptives

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 12:16 AM

Inilabas na ng Food and Drug Administration ang resolusyong nagsasaad na hindi nagdudulot ng pagkakalaglag ng sanggol sa sinapupunan o abortion ang 51 contraceptives.  Read more »

DOH vows full implementation of RH law after re-certification of contraceptives

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 03:45 PM

MANILA - The Department of Health welcomed Monday the Food and Drug Administration's re-certification of 51 contraceptives that are deemed non-abortifacient, meaning they cannot cause abortion. Read more »

'Suplay ng contraceptives, namemeligro sa 2018'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 12:24 AM

Dahil di pa nailalabas ang resulta sa re-certification sa ilang contraceptive para matiyak na hindi ito nagdudulot ng "pagkalaglag" ng sanggol, posible umanong maubos ang suplay ng contraceptives sa merkado sa 2018. Read more »

Trump rolls back Obamacare provision for free birth control

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 05:57 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration annulled on Friday an Obamacare provision that obliged employer health plans to pay for contraception, potentially stripping free birth control from millions of women. Read more »

Access to female condoms improving in U.S., study says

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 19 01:00 PM

More states in the U.S. are making female condoms available through Medicaid, a new study found. But few women are using them, researchers say. Read more »

Apela ni Duterte na tanggalin ang TRO sa RH Law, kinatigan ng Gabriela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 03:26 AM

Sinang-ayunan ng grupo ng mga kababaihan ang apela ni Pangulong Duterte sa Korte Suprema na tanggalin ang temporary restraining order sa Reproductive Health Law. Read more »

Gov't stuck with soon-to-expire contraceptives due to TRO, says Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 07:09 PM

The Philippine government is stuck with soon-to-expire contraceptives due to a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court in 2015, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday.  Read more »

SC affirms TRO on contraceptives

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 08:19 PM

MANILA- The Supreme Court has affirmed the temporary restraining order (TRO) it had issued on the registration, procurement and distribution of contraceptive implants considered to be abortifacients but clarified that only two products were covered by the order. Read more »

Pia Cayetano tells UNHRC: PH may run out of contraceptives

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 07:38 PM

Senator Pia Cayetano expressed her disappointment over the hold order issued by the Supreme Court on parts of the reproductive health law hindering the registration and distribution of certain contraceptives. Read more »