Years of lobbying for a bill aiming to fight adolescent pregnancies are swept away as a coalition mounts a campaign claiming that comprehensive sexuality education will corrupt children — a claim that proponents of the bill have rejected
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The group’s concerns were able to capture the attention of no less than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and several senators who agreed that the bill had questionable provisions.The anti-teenage pregnancy bill, having gone through at least three Congresses, was so close to passage — it had undisputedly passed the House of Representatives, and was up for second reading at the Senate.
For older children, the DepEd said the intent is not to encourage sexual activity, but rather to ensure that learners “understand how to protect themselves from serious health risks, such as STIs .” But with even the President saying he would veto the bill should it reach his desk, advocates are distraught at the prospect of everything going down the drain before the 19th Congress adjourns on February 8.Advocates who put in the work for the anti-teen pregnancy bill are worried over the “fake news” and “fearmongering” being fanned by the video.
“Project Dalisay unfortunately cherry-picks and misrepresents parts of the bill to ignite populist fears of hypersexualization and infiltration of international entities,” it said. The substitute bill also amends Section 5, which previously allowed adolescents to access health facilities, goods, and services without parental consent. In Section 7, minors under 16 will only be allowed to access sexual and reproductive health services with their parent’s or guardian’s consent.Young Feminists Collective co-founder Shebana Alqaseer, who has worked on the anti-teen pregnancy bill since 2019, said she is concerned about how fast the opposition to the bill spread.
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