68 See e.g., Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, House leadership to expedite 2016 budget in face of quorum fear, INTERAKSYON (Oct. 6, 2015), http://www.interaksyon.com/article/118555/house-leadership-to-expedite-2016budget-in-face-of-quorum-fear; Jovee Marie de la Cruz, House eyes approval of P3.002-T 2016 budget before adjournment, BUSINESS MIRROR (Oct. 5, 2015), http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/house-eyes-approval-of-p3002-t-2016-budget-before-adjournment/. 69 CEDAW Committee, Concluding Observations: Mexico, para. 33, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/MEX/CO/6 (2006); India, paras. 30, 31(b), U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/IND/CO/4-5 (2013). 70 See CEDAW Committee, Concluding Observations: Costa Rica, para. 32, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/CO/CRI/CO/5-6 (2011); Lithuania, para. 25, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/LTU/CO/4 (2008); Nepal, para. 32(g), U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/NPL/CO/4-5 (2011) (Governments must ensure adequate access to contraceptives, including emergency contraception and information about contraceptives). See also CEDAW, article 16(1)(e) (Women should have "[t]he same rights to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their children and to have access to the information, education and means to enable them to exercise these rights"); CEDAW Committee, Gen. Recommendation No. 21, supra note 58, para. 22, ("In order to make an informed decision about safe and reliable contraceptive measures, women must have information about contraceptive measures and their use, and guaranteed access to sex education and family planning services"). 71 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 9. 72 Bureau of Food and Drugs, Delisting of Levonorgestrel 750 mcg (Postinor) from Bureau of Food and Drugs Registry of Drug Products, Bureau Circular No. 18 s. 2001, (Dec. 7, 2001) (Phil.). 73 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 52 (c). 74 Id., para. 52 (a). 75 Id., para. 52 (c). 76 NDHS 2013, supra note 22, at 190-191. 77 Id., at 190-191. Six percent of women aged 15-49 have ever experienced sexual violence with a higher percentage belonging to women having 5 or more children (11%) compared to women with fewer or no children at all (7% and 4% respectively). 78 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 52 (c). 79 Id., paras. 37, 39. 80 NDHS 2013, supra note 23, at 70. 81 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 52 (c), ("The Committee further urges that the State party: … [r]eintroduce emergency contraception"). 82 RPRHA, supra note 8, sec. 9; IRR, supra note 10, Rule 7.01. 83 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 51 (h). 84 Id., para. 52 (h). 85 Id., para. 51 (i). 86 Id., paras. 42-43. 87 Id., paras. 52 (h), (i). 88 State party Report, supra note 1, para. 144. 89 DOH, IMPLEMENTATION REPORT, supra note 50, at 36, citing Commission on Population, Memorandum on the AYHD Program Implementation Guidelines for 2015 (Oct. 16, 2014). 90 Id., at 39 (“[T]he agency also began to develop guidelines for the Integration of Adolescent Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education, HIV/AIDS Education and Gender and Development in the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum, including formulation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Standards.”) 91 See, e.g., L.C. v Peru, CEDAW Committee, Commc’n No. 22/2009, para. 8.15, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/50/D/22/2009 (2011); CEDAW Committee, Concluding Observations: Chile, para. 228, U.N. Doc. A/54/38/Rev.1(SUPP) (1999); Paraguay, para. 131, U.N. Doc. A/51/38(SUPP) (1996). 92 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 33. 93 Id., para. 51 (e). 94 GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND UNSAFE ABORTION IN THE PHILIPPINES: CONTEXT AND CONSEQUENCES, 3 In Brief (2013) [hereinafter GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, UNINTENDED PREGNANCY], at 3, available at http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/IB-unintended-pregnancy-philippines.pdf. 95 Millennium Development Goal 5: UNDP in Philippines, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, http://www.ph.undp.org/content/philippines/en/home/mdgoverview/overview/mdg5/ (last visited Oct. 13, 2015). 96 CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report, supra note 4, para. 33. 97 GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, UNINTENDED PREGNANCY, supra note 94, at 5, citing GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, MEETING WOMEN’S CONTRACEPTIVE NEEDS IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1 In Brief, (2009) available at https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2009/04/15/IB_MWCNP.pdf. 98 NEDA AND UNDP, FIFTH PROGRESS REPORT, supra note 25, at 73, figure 66, Maternal Mortality Ratio, (citing National Statistical Coordination Board (1990-1995); National Demographic and Health Survey, Family Planning Survey, Family Health Survey, Philippine Statistics Authority-National Statistics Office (1998-2011)). 13