A viral video from a religious coalition opposing Senate Bill No. 1979 uses out-of-context references to claim that comprehensive sexuality education will teach inappropriate concepts to children
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In a nine-minute video, NCFC laid out what it believed were the dangers posed by SB 1979 to the innocence of Filipino youth, and how it was “unconstitutional.” Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros, principal author of the bill, called these claims “fake news.” Hontiveros laterand not fearmongering, its claims can be misleading or not situated within the proper context. Below, we break down the Project Dalisay claims.
The Senate bill does not mention the Europe document. The keywords “early masturbation,” “anal sex,” “oral sex,” and “intimate negotiation” are also not in the bill. “Rights” are mentioned in the context of promoting and respecting the human rights of adolescents, including their reproductive health rights. The group questioned why the original bill’s provision on “accessibility” would allow adolescents to access health facilities, goods, and services without parental consent.
In the same Senate hearing, former Supreme Court chief justice and NCFC convenor Maria Lourdes Sereno raised a point of confusion in the original bill on acquiring parental consent. The provision on “accessibility” said it was not needed, while another provision said that adolescents below 15 years old “shall require consent from their parent or legal guardians” when obtaining access to sexual and reproductive health information and services.
But the DepEd explained in its briefer that its CSE curriculum does not follow the standards set by international groups “in total,” as it took into account “local culture and contexts.” A look at the DepEd order showed that Science; Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health; Araling Panlipunan; Personality Development; and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao are the only subjects that include CSE.
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