Thesis: Demography and Reproductive Health
IMPLEMENTATION OF RH BILL IN THE PHILIPPINES
A RESEARCH
Chapter 1
Introduction
Background of the Study
“Where is the provision that recognizes the sanctity of family life? Where’s the provision to protect the life of the unborn, from conception? Is this bill morally acceptable?”These are some of the question that will give an answer as you strived reading and analyzing this research study.
What is population? Population is all organisms that both belong to the same species and live in the same geographical area. The Webster Dictionary defined population as the total number of persons inhabiting in a country, city or any district or area.
Overpopulation is the most crucial issue in the Philippines. Many people suffer from poverty, hunger and slackness due to some conflicts the government cannot sustain the primary needs of its people, as the issue concerns the government still finding a adequate and right population policy.
The population policy in one country or state aimed at controlling the quantity, and improving the quality of family life as well as managing the distribution of population so as to improve the community is economic life.
Philippines is ranked as the twelfth most densely populated country in the world compromising approximately population of 90 million(as of in 2006).According to some reliable research and documents, the population of the Philippines continually increasing as it goes by in the succeeding years.
To control this matter the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines proposed a bill which suggest to limit the population birth rate and to balance the over population, This bill was recognize to be called as Reproductive Health Bill, which was the main focus of the study.
The first time the Reproductive Health Bill was proposed was in 1998. During the present 15th Congress, the RH Bills filed are those authored by (1) House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman of Albay, HB 96; (2) Iloilo Rep. Janet Garin, HB
A RESEARCH
Chapter 1
Introduction
Background of the Study
“Where is the provision that recognizes the sanctity of family life? Where’s the provision to protect the life of the unborn, from conception? Is this bill morally acceptable?”These are some of the question that will give an answer as you strived reading and analyzing this research study.
What is population? Population is all organisms that both belong to the same species and live in the same geographical area. The Webster Dictionary defined population as the total number of persons inhabiting in a country, city or any district or area.
Overpopulation is the most crucial issue in the Philippines. Many people suffer from poverty, hunger and slackness due to some conflicts the government cannot sustain the primary needs of its people, as the issue concerns the government still finding a adequate and right population policy.
The population policy in one country or state aimed at controlling the quantity, and improving the quality of family life as well as managing the distribution of population so as to improve the community is economic life.
Philippines is ranked as the twelfth most densely populated country in the world compromising approximately population of 90 million(as of in 2006).According to some reliable research and documents, the population of the Philippines continually increasing as it goes by in the succeeding years.
To control this matter the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines proposed a bill which suggest to limit the population birth rate and to balance the over population, This bill was recognize to be called as Reproductive Health Bill, which was the main focus of the study.
The first time the Reproductive Health Bill was proposed was in 1998. During the present 15th Congress, the RH Bills filed are those authored by (1) House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman of Albay, HB 96; (2) Iloilo Rep. Janet Garin, HB