255 Southern Hemisphere Engagement Network, Inc. v. Anti-Terrorism Council, G.R. No. 178552, October 5, 2010; People v. Nazario, No. L-44 143, August 3 1, 1988, 165 SCRA 186, 195. 256 Philippine International Trading Corporation v. COA, G.R. No. 1835 17, June 22, 2010, 621 SC RA 461, 469. 257 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 1993 Edition, p. 1145 . 258 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 1993 Edition, p. 1252. 259 SEC. 3. Guiding Principles for Implementation. - Th is Act declares the following as guiding principles: xxxx (d) The provision of ethical and medically safe, legal, accessible, affordable, non-abortifacient, effective and quality reproductive health care services and supplies is essential in the promotion of people's right to health, especially those of women, the poor, and the marginalized, and shall be incorporated as a component of basic health care; (e) The State shall promote and provide information and access, without bias, to all methods of family planning, including effective natural and modem methods which have been proven medically safe, legal, non-abortifacient, and effective in accordance with scientific and evidence-based medical research standards such as those registered and approved by the FDA for the poor and marginalized as identified through the NHTS-PR and other government measures of identifying marginalization: Provided, That the State shall also provide fun ding support to promote modern natural methods of family planning, especially the Billings Ovulation Method, consistent with the needs of acceptors and the irreligious convictions; (f) The State shall promote programs that: (I) enable individuals and couples to have the number of children they desire with due consideration to the health, particularly of women, and the resources available and affordable to them and in accordance with existing laws, public morals and their religious convictions: Provided, That no one shall be deprived, for economic reasons, of the rights to have children; (2) achieve equitable allocation and utilization of resources; (3) ensure effective partnership among national government, local government units (LGUs) and the private sector in the design, implementation, coordination, integration, monitoring and evaluation of people-centered programs to enhance the quality of life and environmental protection; (4) conduct studies to analyze demographic trends including demographic dividends from sound population policies towards sustainable human development in keeping with the principles of gender equality, protection of mothers and children, born and unborn and the promotion and protection of