Abortion in the Philippines

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Abortion in the Philippines has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Bad Friends (Dec 2025).

Abortion in the Philippines is constitutionally prohibited. The constitutional provision that "[The State] shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception" was crafted by the Constitutional Commission which drafted the charter with the intention of providing for constitutional protection of the abortion ban, although the enactment of a more definitive provision sanctioning the ban was not successful. The provision is enumerated in several state policies, w