Reproductive health law to cut poverty

Poverty in the Philippines could drop to as low as 9 percent during the current administration’s term with full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) law, a Cabinet official said

“Poverty incidence [falling] to 9 percent — that is the calculation of Population Commission (PopCom)—within this administration,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia told reporters.