00:00President Bongbong Marcos has already accepted Senator Risa Ontiveros' substitute bill
00:07in the controversial Senate Bill 1979 or Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023.
00:14The senator has been removed from the bill that has been victimized by fake news.
00:20And Maki Pulido is the witness.
00:23In the original version of the Senate Bill 1979 or Anti-Teen Pregnancy Bill,
00:30nothing was mentioned about the masturbation or sexual feelings of children.
00:34But for those who are against the bill,
00:37this is the meaning of the phrase,
00:39Guided by International Standard,
00:41which is written in the bill.
00:43Senator Risa Ontiveros has already removed this phrase from her substitute bill.
00:48It is also clear that only 10-year-olds will be given a comprehensive sexuality education
00:53and only 16-year-olds will be able to access contraceptives if they have parental consent.
00:58It is only true that the bill is based on fake news.
01:02The real scapegoat is those who made fake news against the bill.
01:09The real scapegoat is those who spread disinformation and are afraid.
01:16The Senate has already sent a copy of the substitute bill to the Office of the President.
01:20According to the President, he needs to read this first.
01:23First, the President said that he will veto the original version of the Senate Bill 1979.
01:29Back in 2017, during the 17th Congress,
01:32the Anti-Teen Pregnancy Bill is being tried in the law.
01:35This 19th Congress has already read this in the House of Representatives.
01:38In the Senate, the period of interpellation in the plenary has not been discussed since August 2024.
01:44Even though the seven Senators withdrew their signatures in the committee report,
01:48the Anti-Teen Pregnancy Bill should remain in the plenary.
01:51The committee report is already a report out in the plenary.
01:55It is already sponsored and we are just waiting for the amendments to be interpellated and proposed.
02:02But only five sessions are left before the Senate recesses.
02:05That is why the Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development is inviting
02:11because if this cannot be passed before the 19th Congress ends,
02:14the bill will go back to scratch.
02:17If there are so many Senators,
02:20why didn't they ask it since August when this was passed?
02:25According to the former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno,
02:28who is leading Project Alisay against the Anti-Teen Pregnancy Bill,
02:33they need to study this first because the international standards in the Substitute Bill were removed.
02:39This is also included in other proposed laws.
02:42For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, for Tutok, 24 Hours.
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