Legislative Status of RH bills

Ernesto M. Almocera, Jr.

Center for Advocacy and Policy Development,

Phil. Legislators’ Committee on Population and Dev’t Foundation, Inc.

Members of the 15th Congress(as of Oct 15, 2010)

226 Legislative District Representatives (plus 4 vacant seats)

plus 52 Party Lists Representatives (plus 5 to complete the 20% of the total members)

currently, total of 278 HOR members

Breakdown of HOR members

54%

14%

Senate Bills

• SB 2378 – Sen. Santiago (RH Care Act)

• SR 238 – Sen. Pia Cayetano (MDG 5)

• SB 1725 – Sen. Santiago (Alternatives to

Abortion)

• SB 798 – Sen. Estrada (Alternatives to

Abortion)

• SB 2497 – Sens. Enrile, Sotto & Estrada (Protection of the Unborn Child)

House Bills

• HB 96 – Rep. Edcel Lagman

• HB 101 – Rep. Janette Garin

• HB 513 – Reps. Bag-ao & Bello

• HB 1160 – Rep. Rodolfo Biazon

• HB 1520 – Rep. Augusto Syjuco

• HB 3387 – Reps. Ilagan & de Jesus

Other RH-related House bills

• HB 13 – Rep. Roilo Golez (Protection of the Unborn Child)

• HB 1401 – Reps. Rodriguez bros (Alternatives to Abortion)

• HB 1677 – Reps. Rodriguez bros (Family Privacy Protection)

• HR 114 – Rep. Villafuerte (sexuality

edication of DepEd)

• HR 509 – Anthony Golez (“where does life

begins”)

• Senate Bills

– Referred to the Committees on Health & Demography; Youth, Women, and Family Relations; and Finance chaired by Sens. Cayetano and Franklin Drilon.

Committee Referrals

Senate Committee on Health members

• Cayetano, Pia

• Legarda

• Guingona

• Honasan

• Angara

• Drilon

• Marcos

• Revilla

• Villar

• Trillanes

• Zubiri

• House Bills

– Referred to the Committee on Population and Family Relations chaired by Rep. Espina of Biliran

Committee Referrals

HOR Committee on Population and Family Relations

• Espina• Garin• David Kho• Emy de Jesus• Sandy Ocampo• Cristina Go• Kimi Cojuangco• Leonen-Pizarro• Arquiza• Luz Ilagan• Antonio Tinio

• Mike Velade• Mark Sambar• Biron• Mendoza• Bag-ao• Escudero• Joson• Salimbangon• Casino• Datumanong• Obillo

Overall Status of Support

52% 8%17%

Status of Support by Term of Office

Status of Support by Gender

Senate

• 14 Senators support RH

• 3 are considered neutral (Cayetano, Arroyo, Enrile)

• 4 are Against (Guingona, Recto, Sotto, Villar)

• 2 are unknown (Drilon & Osmena)

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