IMBONG VS. OCHOA,

JAMES M. IMBONG and LOVELY-ANN C. IMBONG, for themselves and in behalf of their minor

children, LUCIA CARLOS IMBONG and BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG and MAGNIFICAT CHILD 

DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC., Petitioners,

vs. 

HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, Secretary,

Department of Budget and Management, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, Secretary, Department of 

Health, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Secretary, Department of Education, Culture and Sports and

HON. MANUELA. ROXAS II, Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government, Respondents. 

G.R. No. 204819               April 8, 2014

Mendoza, J.:

FACTS:

1. Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10354, otherwise known as the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (RH Law) was enacted on December 21, 2012. was challenged by 14 petitions and 2 petition-in-interventions; 

2. The petitioners unanimously pray that this RH Law be declared as unconstitutional.

ISSUE:

Whether R.A. No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 which was seemingly against the people's:

1] Right to Life

2] Right to Health

3] Freedom of Religion and the Right to Free Spee

4] The Family

5] Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom

6] Due Process

7] Equal Protection

8] Involuntary Servitude

9] Delegation of Authority to the FDA

10] Autonomy of Local Governments/ARMM

be declared unconstitutional?

RULING: