Pacific region and is off-track to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 5. The high level of maternal mortality and the slow progress in reducing it implies that on average about 4,288 women die every year from pregnancy and child birth. The unmet need for family planningv has also has increased from 15.7 percent (2006) to 19.3 percent (Family Health Survey 2011). The implementation of the RPRH Law continues to face challenges. At the national level, despite the Supreme Court victory of the RPRH Law, a Temporary Restraining Order was issued last June of 2015 on the procurement of contraceptives and on the dispensation and administration of implants and implant NXT. This prompted the DOH to issue guidance on the observance of the TRO to its regional and other line offices. To date, the TRO has not yet been lifted by the SC. In addition, the 2016 budget amounting to P1 billion for contraceptives was removed during the deliberations of the Senate and House bicameral conference committee. At the local government unit level, in the City of Sorsogon, the mayor issued in February 2015 a “pro-life” resolution and contraceptives were pulled out from health centers depriving women of reproductive health services. A City Ordinance criminalizing the dispensation of family planning commodities is pending in the City Council of Sorsogon. It is highly understandable then that the CEDAW Committee, in its list of issues has dedicated a substantial portion on health, particularly on how the State has taken adequate measures to “ensure access to health services for all women, in particular rural women, women with disabilities, indigenous women and Muslim women.” With the foregoing, the Commission as National Human Rights Institution and as the Gender Ombud embarked on the National Inquiry process with technical and financial assistance from the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and in coordination with its fifteen (15) Regional Offices and in coordination with civil society organizations focusing on reproductive health and women’s rights. Terms of Reference of the National Inquiry For the July 2016 review of the CEDAW Committee, the Commission intends to submit its independent report. The report will focus on the issues as identified by the CEDAW 24