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17 June 2014

DR. KENNETH Y. HARTIGAN GO VIA COURIER AND EMAIL


Director General khgo@co.doh.gov.ph
Philippine Food and Drug Adminstration
Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City
Alabang, Muntinlupa City


Director General Go:

Greetings!

As we all know, the recent decision of the Philippine Supreme Court in
G.R. No. 204819
1
has given us a shared responsibility and duty to ensure that
nothing in the RH Law is implemented to imperil human health and life
2
,
particularly that of the mother and the conceived unborn child.
3


With respect to your charters mandate to prescribe standards,
guidelines, and regulations with respect to information, advertisements [and]
other marketing activities about health products,
4
we now write to request your
guidance on the following matters:

1. Are there MODERN NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS that have
any primary, secondary or tertiary effect as an abortifacient? Kindly
provide us with references and administration issuances upon
which your response is based.

2. Are there specific kinds and brands of PILLS that do not have any
primary, secondary or tertiary effect as an abortifacient? Kindly

1
IMBONG, ET AL., V. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (April 8, 2014) and the consolidated cases, also known
as the RH Law Cases.
2
[I]t bears pointing out that not a single contraceptive has yet been submitted to the FDA
pursuant to the RH Law. It behooves the Court to await its determination which drugs or devices
are declared by the FDA as safe, it being the agency tasked to ensure that food and medicines
available to the public are safe for public consumption.
3
xxx it is apparent that the Framers of the Constitution emphasized that the State shall provide
equal protection to both the mother and the unborn child from the earliest opportunity of life, that
is, upon fertilization or upon the union of the male sperm and the female ovum. (IMBONG, ET AL.,
V. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, et al., G.R. No. 204819 at 44)
4
See Secs. 2 and 4(h) of R.A. 3720, as amended by Secs. 3 and 5 of R.A. 9711.

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provide us with references and administration issuances upon
which your response is based.

3. Are there specific kinds and brands of INTRA-UTERINE-DEVICES
(IUD) that do not have any primary, secondary or tertiary effect as
an abortifacient? Kindly provide us with references and
administration issuances upon which your response is based.


Your immediate response to our queries will also be an invaluable
resource for educating our constituent family organizations on the infomercials
currently circulating in social media
5
, such as the one appearing below (a screen
capture from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pNWpojebjc):







With due regard to our recourse under Sec. 5(a)
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of REPUBLIC ACT 6713,
and in order to lessen the burden on our public postal system, kindly transmit
your response via electronic mail to: prolifephil@gmail.com.

5
See https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZQaAATaHjT_wG-kac3qfA.
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SEC. 5. Duties of Public Officials and Employees. - In the performance of their duties, all public
officials and employees are under obligation to: (a) Act promptly on letters and requests. - All
public officials and employees shall, within fifteen (15) working days from receipt thereof, respond
to letters telegrams or other means of communications sent by the public. The reply must contain
the action taken on the request.
3

We thank you in advance for your prompt reply.


Sincerely,



(original signed)
ERIC B. MANALANG
President


Copy Furnished (co-petitioners in the RH Law Cases) VIA EMAIL:

SPOUSES JAMES AND LOVELY-ANN C. IMBONG

ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES, INC.

TASK FORCE FOR FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC.

SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO, INC.

EXPEDITO A. BUGARIN, JR.

EDUARDO B. OLAGUER

PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC.

DOCTORS FOR LIFE

SPOUSES FRANCISCO AND MARIA FENNY C. TATAD

MILLENNIUM SAINT FOUNDATION, INC.

JOHN WALTER B. JUAT

COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC.

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