Section 7. Access to Family Planning. – All accredited public health facilities shall provide a full
range of modern family planning methods, which shall also include medical consultations, supplies
and necessary and reasonable procedures for poor and marginalized couples having infertility
issues who desire to have children: Provided, That family planning services shall likewise be
extended by private health facilities to paying patients with the option to grant free care and services
to indigents, except in the case of non-maternity specialty hospitals and hospitals owned and
operated by a religious group, but they have the option to provide such full range of modern family
planning methods: Provided, further, That these hospitals shall immediately refer the person seeking
such care and services to another health facility which is conveniently accessible: Provided, finally,
That the person is not in an emergency condition or serious case as defined in Republic Act No.
8344.
No person shall be denied information and access to family planning services, whether natural or
artificial: Provided, That minors will not be allowed access to modern methods of family planning
without written consent from their parents or guardian/s except when the minor is already a parent or
has had a miscarriage.
Section 8. Maternal Death Review and Fetal and Infant Death Review. – All LGUs, national and
local government hospitals, and other public health units shall conduct an annual Maternal Death
Review and Fetal and Infant Death Review in accordance with the guidelines set by the DOH. Such
review should result in an evidence-based programming and budgeting process that would
contribute to the development of more responsive reproductive health services to promote women’s
health and safe motherhood.
Section 9. The Philippine National Drug Formulary System and Family Planning Supplies. – The
National Drug Formulary shall include hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine devices, injectables and
other safe, legal, non-abortifacient and effective family planning products and supplies. The
Philippine National Drug Formulary System (PNDFS) shall be observed in selecting drugs including
family planning supplies that will be included or removed from the Essential Drugs List (EDL) in
accordance with existing practice and in consultation with reputable medical associations in the
Philippines. For the purpose of this Act, any product or supply included or to be included in the EDL
must have a certification from the FDA that said product and supply is made available on the
condition that it is not to be used as an abortifacient.
These products and supplies shall also be included in the regular purchase of essential medicines
and supplies of all national hospitals: Provided, further, That the foregoing offices shall not purchase
or acquire by any means emergency contraceptive pills, postcoital pills, abortifacients that will be
used for such purpose and their other forms or equivalent.
Section 10. Procurement and Distribution of Family Planning Supplies. – The DOH shall procure,
distribute to LGUs and monitor the usage of family planning supplies for the whole country. The
DOH shall coordinate with all appropriate local government bodies to plan and implement this
procurement and distribution program. The supply and budget allotments shall be based on, among
others, the current levels and projections of the following:
(a) Number of women of reproductive age and couples who want to space or limit their
children;
(b) Contraceptive prevalence rate, by type of method used; and
(c) Cost of family planning supplies.