Practice question
A public health planner says Article II permits protecting the unborn while treating the life of the mother as constitutionally unimportant. Which statement correctly applies the provision?
- The Constitution protects only the unborn.
- The Constitution protects the mother only after childbirth.
- The Constitution makes protection of either life optional.
- The Constitution calls for equal protection of the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.
- The Constitution makes the life of the mother a concern only of private institutions.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article II, Section 12: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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