{"id":326961,"date":"2012-12-19T18:57:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T10:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=326961"},"modified":"2012-12-19T20:05:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T12:05:38","slug":"senate-ratifies-rh-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/326961\/senate-ratifies-rh-bill","title":{"rendered":"Senate ratifies RH bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-314739\" title=\"senate-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2012\/11\/senate-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2012\/11\/senate-logo.jpg 84w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2012\/11\/senate-logo-80x85.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 \u00a0The controversial \u00a0Reproductive\u00a0 Health\u00a0 is now just\u00a0 a step away from becoming a law after the Senate\u00a0 ratified\u00a0 the measure on\u00a0 Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n<p>Eleven\u00a0senators\u00a0 adopted the\u00a0 bicameral committee report\u00a0 on\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 bill\u00a0\u00a0 while five senators reiterated\u00a0 their \u00a0vote\u00a0 against\u00a0 it.<\/p>\n\n<p>The\u00a011 senators were Pia Cayetano,\u00a0 Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, Joker Arroyo, Edgardo Angara, Franklin Drilon, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Teofisto Guingona III, Ferdinand \u201cBong-Bong\u201d Marcos Jr., Loren Legarda, Panfilo \u201cPing\u201d Lacson, and Sergio Osmena III.<\/p>\n\n<p>Osmena was sick\u00a0and could not vote on the bill when the Senate\u00a0 voted on it on third and final reading last Monday.<\/p>\n\n<p>The five who reiterated their \u2018no vote\u2019\u00a0were Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile,\u00a0 Senate Pro Tempore\u00a0 Jose \u201cJinggoy Estrada, Majority Leader\u00a0 Vicente \u201cTito\u201d Sotto III, and Senators\u00a0 Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III and\u00a0 Gringo\u00a0 Honasan.<\/p>\n\n<p>It was\u00a0 Senator\u00a0 Pia Cayetano, head of the\u00a0 Senate committee on health, and\u00a0 on women , who reported\u00a0 on the floor the\u00a0 outcome of the bicameral meeting held hours before the ratification.<\/p>\n\n<p>Cayetano said the\u00a0 following salient\u00a0 features of the measure were approved in the bicam:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Any person will be allowed\u00a0access to Reproductive Health and\u00a0 family planning services\u00a0 except minors unless \u00a0they have the consent of their parents or guardians.\u00a0 A minor , who is already a parent or one has had\u00a0 a miscarriage, would also be allowed access to RH services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul>\n<li>All public healthcare facilities are mandated\u00a0under the measure\u00a0 to family planning method \u201cwithout prejudice to\u00a0\u00a0 private healthcare facilities extending the same\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul>\n<li>The measure also required mandatory\u00a0RH education\u00a0 to\u00a0 adolescents aged between\u00a0 10 to 19 in all public school. The Department of Education will formulate the curriculum for public schools\u00a0 also \u201cwithout prejudice to private schools adopting the same.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Local government units, under the measure, will be \u201cencouraged\u00a0to comply with their mandate to provide healthcare service\u2026with funding and other kind of assistance from the national government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul>\n<li>The measure\u00a0also made it clear that it would not promote nor condone abortion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\u201cAnd finally for the curiosity and the pleasure of the body, the\u00a0term \u2018safe and satisfying sex was retained and this\u00a0 was further improved \u00a0and its now read \u2018responsible, consensual, safe and satisfying sex,\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n\n<p>No senator\u00a0objected\u00a0 when she moved to adopt the bicameral \u00a0report.<\/p>\n\n<p>But Enrile stood up and reiterated his\u00a0no vote\u00a0on the bill.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cConsistent with my remarks 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