2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Committee’s inquiry recommendations? What steps has the state party taken to ensure women’s and girls’ equal access to the full range of contraceptive services, including by immediately repealing discriminatory local laws and policies that violate the RPRHA such as Manila City’s EOs 003 and 030 and Sorsogon City’s EO 3, and allocating adequate financial resources to fully implement the RPRHA? What is the scope and scale of the reorientation trainings conducted in Manila City for its health personnel? What is the impact of these reorientation trainings on the availability, accessibility, and affordability of contraceptive information and services in local health facilities? What is the amount allocated by the local government of Manila for procurement of modern contraceptives? What efforts has the state party taken to ensure that the Committee’s recommendations on the legalization of abortion in cases of rape, incest, threats to the life and/or health of the pregnant woman, or serious fetal malformation and decriminalization of all other cases where women undergo abortion, are taken into consideration during the review of its penal code? What steps has the state party taken to lift the Supreme Court’s TRO issued in June 2015 restricting access to specific hormonal contraceptives and prohibiting the registration and/or recertification for reproductive products and supplies, including contraceptive drugs and devices? What measures has the state party taken to withdraw the FDA circular delisting Postinor and to formally reintroduce EC particularly for women and girls who are survivors of sexual violence? What steps has the state party taken to ensure the adoption of a comprehensive national post-abortion care policy? To what extent has the state party made efforts to implement the existing PMAC policy and ensure compassionate, nonjudgmental and quality post-abortion care in all public and private health facilities? What steps have been taken to relist and reintroduce misoprostol, which is recognized by the WHO as an essential medicine for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage, incomplete abortion, and miscarriage? What steps has the state party taken to formally recognize reproductive rights violations as a result of the implementation of Manila City’s EOs? What role will the CHR in its capacity as Gender Ombud play in providing individual remedies for reproductive rights violations resulting from systematic abuses in postabortion care settings and the introduction of discriminatory laws, policies and executive orders as well as court orders? To what extent have RHOs been designated and functioning to receive reproductive rights complaints in all LGUs? The undersigned organizations also respectfully request that this Committee consider urging the state party to take immediate steps to fully implement the Committee’s inquiry recommendations and particularly incorporating the following recommendations in its Concluding Observations to the state party: 1. Ensure women’s and girls’ access to the full range of contraceptive information and services by allocating adequate funding for contraceptive supplies, restoring access to emergency contraception in particular to prevent early and unplanned

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