CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8 establishment of lactation stations in the workplace and provide compensable time for breastfeeding and lactation periods. 129. As earlier noted, a number of local government units already have their own reproductive health codes prior to the enactment of MCW and the RPRH law. To date, there are thirty (30) local government units in the country with reproductive health codes or ordinances. Other LGUs provide for reproductive health needs of their women constituents through their local GAD Codes. 130. For the Muslim community, a joint effort by international development agencies, the national government and local government units, in partnership with Muslim religious groups resulted to the issuance of a fatwa, or a religious decree which states that family planning protects the rights of women and children. The fatwa also allows the use of family planning methods as accorded by the Islamic sharia and approved by a credible physician — preferably Muslim. The ARMM enacted its Reproductive Health Care Act of 2012 (Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 2921) which seeks to protect the rights and welfare of women and children, by not only requiring the autonomous government to carry out programs on family planning and ensure that information about these programs are available to the poor, but also by providing funds to carry out these programs. The Act guarantees freedom of information not only on natural but also on artificial family planning methods, respect freedom of choice and beliefs in achieving reproductive health rights. The passage of the RPRH Law 131. The Philippine legislature finally passed the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (RPRH Law) which guarantees universal access to reproductive health care including all methods of contraception, sexuality and reproductive health education, maternal, infant, and child health and nutrition, among others. The law seeks to address problems on the delivery of reproductive health services. Implementation is a of the RPRH law is one of the main responsibilities of the Health Department via Centres for Health Development (CHD) and in coordination with local government units through the Service Delivery Network (SDN) that includes public health institutions and private health service providers. Financing the delivery of RH services, including the gender and development budget, shall come from the general annual appropriations The PhilHealth has been tasked to come up with guidelines for financing RH care, including benefits for serious and life-threatening RH conditions, such as HIV/AIDS, breast and reproductive tract cancers. On 8 April 2014, the Supreme Court declared the RH law not unconstitutional but it removed some provisions such as those punishing private health facilities that refuse to support the law. 132. In addition to comprehensive health services and information, the PPRH law stressed the importance of health and sexuality education, age appropriate core messages and strategies which should be integrated in health education programs of both basic and tertiary education, and requires health information providers to go through necessary training and capacity development programs. Measures to support reproductive health objectives 133. The State Party, through the DOH implements the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and Nutrition Strategy (MNCHN) strategy which guides the development, implementation and evaluation of various programs aimed at women, 30/36 15-03079