MANILA—About 500 teenage girls give birth in the Philippines every day as more adolescents engage in premarital sex, the Commission on Population said Thursday, raising concerns about early and unpla
nned pregnancies in the world's 13th most populated country.
"Of course, maraming content doon na walang filter. It might be pornography, it might be other matters," Perez said.The government plans to curb teenage pregnancy in the country by incorporating comprehensive sex education modules as early as kindergarten, Perez said."For example, 'yung kinder, tuturuan kung ano ang good touch at kung ano ang bad touch."
There were at least 2,000 10 to 14-year-old Filipinos who were pregnant in 2017; that's 200 cases more than in 2016, he said.
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