the criminalization of abortion --- which result in stigma and discrimination against women who suffered from abortion, thereby affecting access to post abortion care; the absence of emergency contraceptives for women who have been victims of sexual violence; and the criminalization of home births in both Quezon City and Marikina. The submission of CRR further reports how the criminalization of abortion weakens and defeats the purpose of post-abortion care as the criminalization of abortion raises the stigma and affects the actual availability of post abortion care. Criminalization of abortion also engenders inhumane treatment from health service providers and justifies the denial of emergency contraception and PAC. The submission of EnGendeRights forwards the same observation, with the added emphasis that the implications of anti-abortion laws on reproductive health especially affects survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) who may be confronted with unwanted pregnancy. The lack of safe and legal abortion services as well as the unavailability of emergency contraception thus defeats the purpose of the RH Law. In terms of HIV, the existing requirement for parental consent for HIV testing of minors have been identified as another barrier to the full implementation of the RH law. Achieve has pointed out during the public hearings that the requirement of parental consent has driven away minors who otherwise would have wanted to be tested and who are at risk. Achieve shared that the youngest person they have tested positive for HIV is 15 years old, and since there is still an incubation period, the earlies that the minor could have contracted HIV was at 12. 2. INCONSISTENT AVAILABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, SUFFICIENCY AND ADEQUACY OF RH SERVICES AND INFORMATION In Marikina and Manila, city and barangay health providers consistently cited the availability and accessibility of RH goods and services, which also caters to the specific needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs), lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBTs), HIV victims, and internally displaced persons (IDPs). These also include house-to-house visits, counseling and education on RH and HIV even in schools, and PAC. Women from Marikina also attested to being able to avail of contraceptives for themselves and vaccination for their children, as well as RH counseling for minors. However, there are cases when these goods and services are not available and instance where government health facilities were found to be inadequate and insufficient. On the availability of RH services and commodities, interviews with government health workers and service providers would reveal that they have ample supply of commodities. In the City of Manila for example, it was shared by the Family Planning Officer and the City Health Officers that unlike the time of E0 003 of Mayor Atienza, artificial family planning commodities are already available. Contraceptive prevalence rate in the City has also increased. In Marikina, the officials also 24