LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA       NUMBER 10 OF 1992

Concerning Population Development and the Development of Happy and Prosperous Families


CHAPTER VI

DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS FAMILIES

First Part: Family Quality

Article 15

  1. The Government shall enact policies for the carrying out the development of family quality to be set forth in laws and regulations.



  2. The enactment of policies as intended by section (1) shall be directed towards the realization of family quality characterized by family self-reliance and resilience as human resource potentials, as users and conservers of the environment, and as builders of human harmony in the environment in order to achieve continuous development.



  3. The policies as intended by section (1) shall be carried out through guidance and or family services.

Second Part: Family Planning

Article 16

  1. In order to realize the development of happy and prosperous families, the Government shall enact policies on efforts to carry out family planning.



  2. The policies as intended by section (1) shall be carried out by efforts to improve the integration and participation of society, family guidance and birth control with due regard to religious values, harmony, proportion, and balance between the size of the population and what the environment can support and accommodate, conditions of socio-economic and socio-cultural development as well as systems of values adhered to by society.



  3. The policies as intended by section (1 ) shall be connected to determination of the ideal number of children, the spacing of childbirth, the ideal marriage age, and the ideal age for delivery.



  4. The enactment of the policies as intended by section (3) shall be made from time to time based on the provisions as intended by section (2).

Article 17

  1. Birth control as intended by Article 16 section (2) shall carried out by methods which are efficient and effective and which can be accepted by husband and wife couples in accordance with their choice.



  2. Birth control shall be carried out by methods which can be accounted for with regards to health, ethics, and the religion adhered to by the persons concerned.

Article 18

Every husband and wife couple may make its choice in planning and regulate the number of children and the spacing of childbirth based on awareness and responsibility to the present generation and to future generations.

Article 19

The husband and wife have equal rights and responsibilities as well as equal status in determining the method of birth control.

Article 20

  1. The use of contraceptive devices, drugs and methods which give rise to a risk to health shall be carried out under guidance and or by competent health personnel.



  2. The procedures for uses as intended by section (1) shall be carried out according to professional health standards in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations.

Article 21

Display and or demonstration of contraceptive devices, drugs and methods may only be performed by competent personnel in the field of ramify planning and in the proper place and in the proper way.

Article 22

  1. The Government shall regulate the supply and or distribution of contraceptive devices and drugs based on a balance between needs, supply, and equitable distribution of services.



  2. Research and development of the technology of contraceptive devices, drugs and methods shall be carried out by the Government and or society based on the provisions of prevailing laws and regulations.

Article 23

  1. In order to inculcate the norm of the small, happy and prosperous family, the Government shall carry out efforts to improve:
    a. public information, guidance and or services regarding birth control;
    b. the provision of facilities and infrastructures required for birth control services; counseling on determination of the ideal marriage age and delivery age.



  2. The provisions as intended by section (1) shall be regulated by laws and regulations.
    
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