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Abortion is illegal in the Philippines – a majority Catholic country and former American colony – and has been for over a century. Under the law, women found to have aborted their fetuses...
Unsafe abortion contributes significantly to preventable maternal mortality in the country yet remains the sole option for many young, low-income, and rural women, 1,3 as 75% of Filipino women seeking abortions are financially unable to raise another child.
Unsafe abortion contributes significantly to preventable maternal mortality in the country yet remains the sole option for many young, low-income, and rural women, 1,3 as 75% of Filipino women seeking abortions are financially unable to raise another child.
Seventy percent of unwanted pregnancies in the Philippines end in abortion, according to the WHO. As of 2005 [update] , approximately four in five abortions in the Philippines were for economic reasons, often where a woman already has several children and cannot care for another.
Despite advances in reproductive health law, many Filipino women experience unintended pregnancies, and because abortion is highly stigmatized in the country, many who seek abortion undergo unsafe procedures. This report provides a summary of reproductive health indicators in the Philippines—in particular, levels of contraceptive use ...
For the first time, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (PCHR) has expressly supported the decriminalization of abortion in the Philippines, marking a historic moment for abortion advocacy in the country.
Women’s rights advocates in the Philippines have long fought for the decriminalization of abortion, citing study after study that shows that women in the Philippines are forced to undergo...
