3 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Summary of the Inquiry Concerning the Philippines under article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, para. 51(xii), U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/OP.8/PHL/1 (2014) [hereinafter CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report]; see also, Piotr Kozak, A Triumph of Reason: Chile approves landmark bill to ease abortion ban, The Guardian (2017) (The 2017 Chilean abortion law reform experience reflects the political will of lawmakers to liberalize access to abortion despite the strong opposition of the Catholic Church). 4 CEDAW Committee, Gen. Recommendation No. 28, supra note 1 at para. 28. 5 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation No. 25 on article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on temporary special measures (30th Sess., 2004), U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/GC/25 (2004); Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation No. 24: Article 12 of the Convention (women and health), (20th Sess., 1999), U.N. Doc. A/54/38/Rev.1 (Vol. II) (2008). 6 Susheela Singh et al., Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in the Philippines: Causes and Consequences, Guttmacher Institute, 15 (2006). 7 See Cicely Martson and John Cleland, Relationships Between Contraception and Abortion: A Review of the Evidence, 1 International Family Planning Perspectives 29, 6 (2003); Contraception and Fewer Unintended Pregnancies Likely Drove 2011-2014 Abortion Decline Guttmacher Institute (2017). 8 Government of the Philippines, Philippines Statistics Authority, and the United States Agency for International Development, National Demographic and Health Survey 2017, 20 (table 11) (2018), available at https://bit.ly/2jhzVfR. 20 See, Tribunal Constitucional [Const. Court], Sentencia [Decision] 3729-17, Aug. 28, 2017 (Chile); see also, Women’s Link Worldwide, C-355/2006: Excerpts of the Constitutional Court’s Ruling That Liberalized Abortion in Colombia 17, 51 (2007) citing Corte Constitucional [Const. Court], Sentencia [Decision] C-355/06, May 10, 2006 (Colom.). 21 Ley Orgánica 2/2010, de salud sexual y reproductiva y de la (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Voluntary Pregnancy Termination), art. 14 (L.O. 2010, 3514) (Spain), unofficial translation on file with the Center for Reproductive Rights available at https://bit.ly/2HT3Lmt. interrupción voluntaria del embarazo 22 Recurso Previo de inconstitucionalidad numero 800/1953 (previous appeal of unconstitutionality number 800/1953). Sentencia numero 53/1985 (sentence number 53/1985) (B.O.E. 1985, 119) (Spain). 23 Id. 24 Constitution of Ireland 1937, art. 40.3, sec. 3. 25 Attorney General v. X and Others [1992] IR 1 (Ir.). 26 See Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, Ireland votes to end abortion ban in rebuke to Catholic Church, THE GUARDIAN (2018). See also Irish abortion referendum: New laws by end of the year – Irish PM, BBC NEWS (2018). 27 Robert E. Jonas & John D. Gorby, West German Abortion Decisions: A Contrast to Roe v. Wade, 9 John Marshall Journal of Practice and Procedure 605, 683 (1976), citing Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts [BVerfGE] [Federal Constitutional Court] Feb. 25, 1975 (Ger.). 28 Corte Costituzionale [Corte cost.],18 Febrario 1975, n. 1762, Giur. it. I, 1, 1416 (It.). 29 Forsaken Lives, supra note 9 at 112. 9 Center for Reproductive Rights, Forsaken Lives: The Harmful Impact of the Philippine Criminal Abortion Ban, 11 (2010) [hereinafter Forsaken Lives] citing Interview with Dr. Grace Villanueva (name changed), Fabella Hospital, Santa Cruz, Metro Manila (May 19, 2010). 10 Philippine Department of Health and Philippine Commission on Population, 3rd Annual Report on the Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, 5 (2017), available at https://bit.ly/2vC4A0m. 11 Id. women,1 services.2 well-being.3 rights.4 girls.5 Services6 12 Id. contraceptives.7 groups.8 13 Id. employment.9 births10 14 Philippine National Economic and Development Authority, Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022, 10-11 (2017), available at https://bit.ly/2HTdHfQ. 15 U.N. General Assembly Res. 16/35, Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1 (21 October 2015). 16 Philippine Commission on Population, Press Release: 107 million Filipinos by end-2018 (2018). 17 Id. 18 Center for Reproductive Rights, Documentation Report: Focus Group Discussion on Post-abortion care (2014), on file with the Center for Reproductive Rights [hereinafter Focus Group Discussion on Postabortion care] (A birthing home is a facility that provides birthing service on prenatal and post-natal care, normal spontaneous delivery, and care of newborn babies). See also, Department of Health Admin. Order No. 0012 (2012), Rules and Regulations Governing the New Classification of Hospital and Other Health Facilities in the Philippines (July 2012), art. 2. 19 Forsaken Lives, supra note 9 at 38-40. 16 REALIZING A HEALTHY, EQUAL, AND THRIVING PHILIPPINES births11 births12 births13 births14 births15 law.16 population.17 traumatized.18 Investigation.19 interests.20 pregnancy.21 sacrifice].” 22 development.23 mother.”24 pregnancy.”25 law.26 interests.27 person.”28 children29