CHAPTER 5 CHR NATIONAL INQUIRY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH T he CHR National Inquiry on Reproductive Health was launched on 01 March 2016 with the following objectives: (1) examine the effectiveness and implementation of the MCW and the RPRH Law, and related issuances; (2) document individual and/or systemic accounts of acts or omissions, structures, policies, or practices which result to denial of access to reproductive health services; (3) to focus on the denial of and barriers to reproductive health services as experienced by the most vulnerable and marginalized; and (4) to document the problems experienced by service providers, both State and non-State, in providing reproductive health services, particularly to those most vulnerable and marginalized. It also provided an analysis of the state of reproductive health rights in the country, using international and national human rights standards, cognizant of the multiple and intersecting identities of women. This chapter presents the main findings and conclusions of the CHR Inquiry. THE NATIONAL INQUIRY BY THE NUMBERS The CHR National Inquiry on Reproductive Health entailed 15 regional consultations on CEDAW and Magna Carta of Women with special focus on reproductive health,38 and 15 fact-finding missions and public hearings in five cluster areas namely the National Capital Region, Legazpi-Sorsogon, Zamboanga City, Tacloban-Leyte-Samar, and Cagayan de Oro-Bukidnon. Five (5) public hearings were likewise conducted in these areas. The National Inquiry involved a total of 1,263 individuals: 551 in the Regional consultations and 712 in the fact finding and public hearings. It covered five regions, 13 cities and municipalities, 23 barangays and 29 government health facilities. It gathered 89 statements under oath, some 80 individual oral and written submissions, and seven submissions from organizations. The 15 regional offices of the CHRP conducted “Regional Consultation on CEDAW and Magna Carta of Women with special focus on Reproductive Health” within their areas of jurisdiction the whole month of March 2016. The consultations covered: Access to Justice and VAW; Issues of Women in Marginalized sectors; Issues in relation to displacement and development aggression, and last, the reproductive health and rights. The consultations gathered a total of 551 individuals including 33 indigenous peoples, 32 persons with disabilities, and 27 LGBTs. 38