PHILIPPINES NOT ON TRACK TO MEET MATERNAL HEALTH GOALS
250
201111
Deaths per 100,000 live births
221
200
201512
204
200610
162
150
ii. PDP Target
by 202214
i.MDG Target
by 201513
100
90
iii. SDG Target
by 203015
70
52
50
0
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
Year
MMR Targets
Actual MMR in the Philippines
i. MMR target under the Millennium
Development Goals by 2015
ii. MMR target under the 2017-2022
Philippine Development Plan
iii. MMR target under the 2015-2030
Sustainable Development Goals
3. Unsafe Abortions Due to Restrictive Laws Lead to Preventable
Public Health Costs
The government could save over half a billion Philippine pesos (Php), approximately USD 10
million, every year by reforming its laws to ensure safe access to abortion. Payments for postabortion care by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation more than doubled in the past
three years—from Php 250 million (approximately USD 5 million) in 2014 to Php 570 million
(approximately USD 11 million) in 2016.27 These costs do not include the time women
spend in hospitals for treatment and recovering from preventable complications due to
unsafe abortion. This time away also has social implications, leading to women’s lower
participation in national, community, and family matters because it takes them away
from attending school, engaging in livelihood, and participating in family life.28
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