Contraceptive use high during pandemic

By Red Mendoza

Aug 06, 2021 12:04 am

MORE Filipinos used contraceptives in 2020, the Commission on Population and Development said as it commemorated National Family Planning Month this August.

The 2020 Annual Report of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act said at least 8.1 million Filipinos have used some form of modern family planning method last year, an increase of 6 percent or 460,000 users from the 7.64 million reported in 2019.

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