In an effort to save women’s lives, the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN) is proposing a bill to decriminalize abortion in the Philippines. Atty. Clara Rita Padilla, initiated the drafting of the bill — “Act Decriminalizing Induced Abortion to Save the Lives of Women, Girls, and Persons of Diverse Gender Identities, Amending Article 256-259 of the Revised Penal Code.”
PINSAN is urging members of Congress to heed the calls of women’s rights advocates including women’s rights organizations, public health advocates, academe, and young people to decriminalize abortion to save women’s lives. This bill when passed into law will provide access to safe abortion and avert maternal deaths and disability from unsafe abortion complications.
Read the full text of the “Act Decriminalizing Induced Abortion to Save the Lives of Women, Girls, and Persons of Diverse Gender Identities, Amending Article 256-259 of the Revised Penal Code.”
“Prosecution of women who induce abortion and those assisting them is not the answer,” Padilla ex-plained. “Deaths and disabilities resulting from unsafe abortion complications are preventable with access to safe abortion and post-abortion care.”