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Telling Truer Stories III

The Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN), together with SheDecides Philippines and other partners, hosted a live art event called Telling Truer Stories to highlight abortion stories of individuals. Watch the livestream of the event...

Public Launch Event of the Bill to Decriminalize Abortion in the Philippines

On September 28, 2020, the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN) publicly launched the bill to decriminalize abortion in the Philippines. Watch the livestream of the event via Facebook.

Public Launch of Bill to Decriminalize Abortion in the Philippines

MEDIA ADVISORY In the Philippines, the restrictive abortion law prevents women forces women to seek out unsafe methods of abortion. Because of our country’s restrictive abortion law, around 610,000 Filipino women were estimated to have induced...

Kristine Chan and Red Tani

Abortion is an essential medical procedure, and everyone who needs and goes through it deserves understanding, support, and respect. Decriminalize abortion now.

Read the full text of the bill to decriminalize abortion

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 —...

Register for the launch of the bill on September 28

Every year on September 28, the world celebrates “International Safe Abortion Day” to remind us of women’s right to access safe and legal abortion. While governments around the world have almost unanimously removed abortion restrictions...

7 reasons why we need to decriminalize abortion

Atty. Clara Rita "Claire" Padilla, spokesperson of PINSAN wrote an article to list the reasons why we need to decriminalize abortion: "The restrictive, colonial, and archaic 1930 Revised Penal Code abortion law has never reduced the...

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Kristine Chan and Red Tani

Abortion is an essential medical procedure, and everyone who needs and goes through it deserves understanding, support, and respect. Decriminalize abortion now.

Public Launch of Bill to Decriminalize Abortion in the Philippines

MEDIA ADVISORY In the Philippines, the restrictive abortion law prevents women forces women to seek out unsafe methods of abortion. Because of our country’s restrictive...

CEDAW Recommendation to Decriminalize Abortion vs Senate deferment of CHR budget

As early as 2006, the CEDAW Committee has recommended for the Philippines to remove the punitive provisions on abortion.  In its 2023 Concluding Observations,...

Telling Truer Stories III

The Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN), together with SheDecides Philippines and other partners, hosted a live art event called Telling Truer Stories to...

Spilling the Tea, Episode 3: My abortion story

In Rappler's Spilling the Tea series, Episode 3 tackled about abortion stories of women. SRHR advocates also discussed the importance of decriminalizing abortion in...