Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012

The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354), informally
known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, is a law in the Philippines, which guarantees universal
access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care.
While there is general agreement about its provisions on maternal and child health, there is great debate on
its mandate that the Philippine government and the private sector will fund and undertake widespread
distribution of family planning devices such as condoms, birth control pills, and IUDs, as the government
continues to disseminate information on their use through all health care centers.
Passage of the legislation was controversial and highly divisive, with experts, academics, religious
institutions, and major political figures declaring their support or opposition while it was pending in the
legislature. Heated debates and rallies both supporting and opposing the RH Bill took place nationwide.
The Supreme Court delayed implementation of the law in March 2013 in response to challenges. On April 8,
2014, the Court ruled that the law was "not unconstitutional" but struck down eight provisions partially or in
full.
The bill mandates the government to "promote, without biases, all effective natural and modern methods of
family planning that are medically safe and legal."[8]
Although abortion is recognized as illegal and punishable by law, the bill states that the government shall
ensure that all women needing care for post-abortion complications shall be treated and counseled in a
humane, non-judgmental and compassionate manner.[8]
The bill calls for a "multi-dimensional approach" integrates a component of family planning and responsible
parenthood into all government anti-poverty programs.[8] Age-appropriate reproductive health and sexuality
education is required from grade five to fourth year high school using "life-skills and other approaches."[8]
The bill also mandates the Department of Labor and Employment to guarantee the reproductive health rights
of its female employees. Companies with fewer than 200 workers are required to enter into partnership with
health care providers in their area for the delivery of reproductive health services.[8]
Employers with more than 200 employees shall provide reproductive health services to all employees in their
own respective health facilities. Those with fewer than 200 workers shall enter into partnerships with health
professionals for the delivery of reproductive health services. Employers shall inform employees of the
availability of family planning. They are also obliged to monitor pregnant working employees among their
workforce and ensure they are provided paid half-day prenatal medical leaves for each month of the
pregnancy period that they are employed.[8]
The national government and local governments will ensure the availability of reproductive health care
services like family planning and prenatal care.[8]
Any person or public official who prohibits or restricts the delivery of legal and medically safe reproductive
health care services will be meted penalty by imprisonment or a fine.

Tobacco
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 or Republic Act No. 9165 is a consolidation of Senate Bill
No. 1858 and House Bill No. 4433. It was enacted and passed by the Senate of the Philippines and House of
Representatives of the Philippines on May 30, 2002 and May 29, 2002, respectively. It was signed into law by
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on January 23, 2002.
This Act repealed the Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as
amended, and providing funds for its implementation. Under this Act, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)
remains as the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in planning and formulation of policies and
program on drug prevention and control.
It also created the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) under the Office of the President, which
serves as the implementing arm of the DDB, shall be responsible for the efficient and effective ambt...law
enforcement of all the provisions on any dangerous drugs,controlled precursors and essential chemicals as
provided in this Act. Effects: Both barbiturates and tranquillisers have similar effects of calming,
sleep induction andanxiety reduction. in small doses barbiturates help people to relax. Large doses produce
adrunken effect - slurred speech, clumsiness and unconsciousness; In small dosestranquillisers can relieve
anxiety, but higher doses can cause drowsiness and make peoplelethargic. There is a high risk of accidents
when driving or operating machinery.Tranquilizers disrupt the psycho-motor, intellectual, and perceptual
functions. This drugaccumulates in the body tissue after prolonged use.The risks barbiturates:Barbiturates
have many risks, dependence can develop and sudden withdrawal from highdoses can result in death. effects
of withdrawal are irritability, nervousness, delirium,sleeplessness, fainting, sickness, twitching and even
fits. Overdose is an easy mistakecaused by just a few extra tablets as a normal dose is very close to a lethal
dose.. verydangerous when mixed with alcohol.The risks tranquillisers:Tranquillisers also have many risks.
alertness is reduced and driving is affected.Tranquillisers release aggression and can cause convulsions.
takers quickly becomedependant. When mixed with alcohol, may cause coma and death, overdose is a very
realthreat. Tolerance can develop quickly so larger doses are needed to get the same effects.Withdrawal from
regular use can lead to anxiety, nausea and confusion

Consumer Health

Republic Act No. 9512 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS EDUCATION ACT

The Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD), in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and other relevant agencies, shall integrate environmental
education in its school curricula at all levels, whether public or private, including in barangay daycare,
preschool, non-formal, technical vocational, professional level, indigenous learning and out-of-school youth
courses or programs. Environmental education shall encompass environmental concepts and principles,
environmental laws, the state of international and local environment, local environmental best practices, the
threats of environmental degradation and its impact on human well-being, the responsibility of the citizenry
to the environment and the value of conservation, protection and rehabilitation of natural resources and the
environment in the context of sustainable development.
Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act
The Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997 or Republic Act 8423 (R.A. 8423) is a health
care law passed on 9 December 1997 sponsored by then senator Juan Flavier. This law sees to it that the
government fulfills its responsibility in providing quality health care options to every Filipino through
developing traditional and alternative medicinal methods and integrating them into the existing national
health care system. It also made possible the creation of the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative
Health Care

Philippine aids prevention and control act of 1998

With the passage of Republic Act 8504 otherwise known as the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of
1998, the country's response to HIV/AIDS is now strengthened and concretized via the wide spectrum of
provisions comprehensively contained in this law. This law also attempts to address major concerns
involving various issues on human rights vis-a-vis public health and safety.RA 8504 gains popular recognition
as an international ""best practice"" in the field of HIV/AIDS. But the real test certainly lies on how the law
will be effectively implemented that will spur the best response to the epidemic. Given this challenge, the
Philippine National AIDS Council has promulgated the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) that serves
as the legal framework for the operationalization of RA 8504 and as guide to instituting appropriate actions
against HIV/AIDS. With the IRR now in place, a bigger challenge awaits everyone in transforming the various
provisions stated in the law into concrete positive actions.

National Blood Services Act of 1994

The Blood Program of the Philippines operates in accordance with the provisions of the National Blood
Services Act of 1994 or Republic Act (R.A.) 7719. In tripartite cooperation with the Department of Health and
the Philippine Blood Coordination Council, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is one of the key organizations
tasked to provide safe blood to the country through its active role in advocacy, promotion of voluntary blood
donation, donor retention and care and the operation of a network of 74 Blood Service Facilities all over the
country.

Seat Belts Use Act

Republic Act No. 8750, also known as the Seat Belts Use Act of 1999, requires the mandatory compliance by
motorists of private and public vehicles to use seat belt devices, and requires vehicle manufacturers to install
seat belt devices in all their manufactured vehicles. Operational motor vehicles, both public and private,
which are not equipped with the required seat belt devices, are given one (1) year from the issuance of the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to retrofit
appropriate seat belt devices in their vehicles.<ref>Sec. 4, Republic Act No. 8750

Front seat passengers refers to persons on board a public utility vehicle seated at the right side beside
the driver for public utility jeepneys (PUJs) and to passengers seated at the right side beside the driver
and those at the first row immediately behind the driver in the case of public utility buses (PUBs) and to
passengers seated on the right side beside the driver for private motor vehicles.<ref>Sec. 3 (g), Republic
Act No. 8750</ref>
Motorist refers to the driver of a motor vehicle.<ref>Sec. 3 (a), Republic Act No. 8750
 Motor vehicle refers to both private and public motor vehicle. The term shall not include the tricycle and
motorcycle.<ref>Sec. 3 (c), Republic Act No. 8750</ref>
Private motor vehicle refers to any of the following:
1. Any motor vehicle owned by individuals and juridical persons for private use;
2. Any motor vehicle owned by the National Government or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or
political subdivisions, including government-owned or controlled corporations or their subsidiaries
for official use; and
3. Any diplomatic vehicle.
Public motor vehicle refers to public utility vehicle or vehicle for hire.<ref>Sec. 3 (3), Republic Act
No. 8750</ref>

Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 is the first law in the Philippines which specifically
criminalizes computer crime, which prior to the passage of the law had no strong legal precedent in
Philippine jurisprudence. While laws such as the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 8792[6])
regulated certain computer-related activities, these laws did not provide a legal basis for criminalizing crimes
committed on a computer in general: for example, Onel de Guzman, the computer programmer charged with
purportedly writing the ILOVEYOU computer worm, was ultimately not prosecuted by Philippine authorities
due to a lack of legal basis for him to be charged under existing Philippine laws at the time of his arrest. [7]
The first draft of the law started in 2001 under the Legal and Regulatory Committee of the former
Information Technology and eCommerce Council (ITECC) which is the forerunner of the Commission on
Information and Communication Technology (CICT). It was headed by former Secretary Virgilio "Ver" Pea
and the Committee was chaired by Atty. Claro Parlade (+). It was an initiative of the Information Security and
Privacy Sub-Committee chaired by Albert Dela Cruz who was the President of PHCERT together with then
Anti-Computer Crime and Fraud Division Chief, Atty. Elfren Meneses of the NBI. The administrative and
operational functions was provided by the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) acting as the CICT
secretariat.[8]
This was superseded by several cybercrime-related bills filed in the 14th and 15th Congress. The Cybercrime
Prevention Act ultimately was the product of House Bill No. 5808, authored by Representative Susan Yap-
Sulitof the second district of Tarlac and 36 other co-authors, and Senate Bill No. 2796, proposed by
Senator Edgardo Angara. Both bills were passed by their respective chambers within one day of each other on
June 5 and 4, 2012, respectively, shortly after the impeachment of Renato Corona, and the final version of the
Act was signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III on September 12

Anti Child Pornography Act