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CHAPTER VI
DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS FAMILIES
First Part: Family Quality
Article 15
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The Government shall enact policies for the carrying out
the development of family quality to be set forth in laws and regulations.
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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.
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The policies as intended by section (1) shall be carried out
through guidance and or family services.
Second Part: Family Planning
Article 16
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In order to realize the development of happy and
prosperous families, the Government shall enact policies on efforts to carry out
family planning.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
- The provisions as intended by section (1) shall be regulated by laws and
regulations.
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