31 Department of Health, The 2nd Consolidated Report on the Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (R.A. No. 10354) 2015, at 7 [hereinafter RPRHA, 2nd Annual Report]. 32 Id., at 1-2. 33 GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND UNSAFE ABORTION IN THE PHILIPPINES: CONTEXT AND CONSEQUENCES, 3 In Brief (2013) [hereinafter GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, UNINTENDED PREGNANCY]. 34 Replies to List of Issues, supra note 2, para. 16.3. 35 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 51(e). 36 See also e.g. An Act Increasing the Penalties Against Abortion, Amending for the Purpose Articles 256, 257, 258 and 259 of the Revised Penal Code, and for Other Purposes, House Bill 3667 (2010) (Phil.). 37 Letter from Ms. Emmeline Verzosa, Executive Director of PCW to Mr. Geronimo Sy, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Justice (July 22, 2014) (on file with the Center). 38 Id. 39 Id. (“This does not say that the unborn is a legal person; nor does it deny, however, that the State under certain conditions might regard the unborn as a person. It does not assert that the life of the unborn is placed on exactly the same level as the life of the mother. It recognizes that, when necessary to save the life of the mother, it may be necessary and legitimate to sacrifice the life of the unborn. It however, denies that the life of the unborn may be sacrificed merely to save the mother from emotional suffering or to spare the child from a life of poverty”.) 40 See Press release, Center for Reproductive Rights, Philippine Department of Justice Fails to Include Grounds for Abortion in Draft Criminal Code (Sept. 10, 2014) (on file with the Center). 41 RPRHA, supra note 6, sec. 4(s). 42 See e.g. Gus Abelgas, 92-year-old abortionist arrested in Calcoocan, ABS-CBN NEWS (Sept. 20, 2013), http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/09/20/13/92-year-old-abortionist-arrested-caloocan; Police Arrest Couple for Inducing Abortion, COCONUTS MANILA (July 30, 2013), http://admin-manila.coconuts.co/2013/07/30/police-arrest-couple-inducing-abortion; Aie Balagtas See, Woman nabbed for abortion, THE PHILIPPINE STAR (July 12, 2015), http://www.philstar.com/metro/2015/07/12/1475986/woman-nabbed-abortion. 43 Interviews by the Center for Reproductive Rights with three women under the pseudonyms Beth, Kate, and Janet, Metro Manila (Mar. 30, 2014-Apr. 13, 2015). 44 RPRHA, 2nd Annual Report, supra note 31, p. iv (Between 2013-2015, the estimated total eligible population of women of reproductive age grew annually by 1.9%, national contraceptive prevalence rate however grew at an annual rate of 1.78% only). 45 Replies to List of Issues, supra note 2, para. 16.4. 46 MCW, supra note 14, sec. 17(3); RPRHA, supra note 6, secs. 3(e), 3(h). 47 James M. Imbong and Lovely-Ann C. Imbong v Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., et al., G.R. No. 204819 (S.C., Apr. 8, 2014) (Phil.). 48 Alliance For The Family Foundation Philippines, Inc. and Atty. Maria Concepcion S. Noche, et al., v. Dr. Janette L. Garin, Secretary Designate of the Department of Health, et al., (T.R.O.), G.R. No. 217872, (S.C., June 17, 2015) (Phil.) [hereinafter ALFI v. DoH]; See also Rina Jimenez-David, Continuing challenges to RH Law, INQUIRER.NET, July 3, 2015, http://opinion.inquirer.net/86366/continuing-challenges-to-rh-law; Jee Y. Geronimo, Supreme Court stops distribution, sale of implants, RAPPLER, June 30, 2015, http://www.rappler.com/nation/97983-sc-stops-distribution-sale-implants. 49 ALFI v. DoH, supra note 48. 50 A Comment with Motion to Lift TRO in ALFI v. DoH was filed by the Office of the Solicitor General on Nov. 6, 2015. 51 Philippine Health Insurance Corp., PhilHealth Circular No. 038-2015, Philhealth Subdermal Contraceptive Implant Package (Dec. 21, 2015). 52 Jocelyn Uy, PhilHealth offers alternate family planning package, INQUIRER.NET, Jan. 18, 2016, http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/756248/philhealth-offers-alternate-family-planning-package. 53 Memorandum No. 2015-0318 from the Republic of the Philippines, Department of Health, Office of the Secretary on Implementation of the Approved Medicine in the 8 th Edition of the Philippine National Formulary (Sept. 17, 2015), http://www.ncpam.doh.gov.ph/images/pnfmedicines/dm2015-0318.pdf. 54 RPRHA, 2nd Annual Report, supra note 31, at 4.