Preamble
WHEREAS, the government has adopted a national population program as an integral and vital part of social reform and development; WHEREAS, Republic Act 6365 as amended by Presidential Decree 79 and further amended by Presidential Decree 803 provided for the availability of all acceptable methods of contraception, except abortion, to all Filipino citizens desirous of spacing, limiting or preventing pregnancies; WHEREAS, sterilization is now an acceptable procedure of fertility control in the population program; WHEREAS, the population program has demonstrated an increasing demand for sterilization service; WHEREAS, it would be economically rational and consistent with the population policy to reimburse sterilization expenses of GSIS and SSS members. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree, that: