00:00Let Reproductive Health Law be implemented correctly.
00:03This is the position of Health Secretary Ted Herbosa,
00:05who believes that there is no need for a new law for Comprehensive Sexuality Education.
00:10Jonathan Andal has the final say.
00:15There is no need for a new law against Teenage Pregnancy,
00:19according to Health Secretary Ted Herbosa.
00:22We have Reproductive Health Law.
00:24It is important that we teach all of our citizens
00:29that the problem is unplanned pregnancies
00:34and the increase in deaths due to childbirth.
00:39Herbosa said that in the R.H. Law,
00:41CSE or Comprehensive Sexuality Education
00:45needs to be implemented correctly.
00:48We are still waiting for a comment from Senator Risa Hontiveros
00:51who approved the Senate Bill 1979
00:54or Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023
00:57which included support for various groups.
01:01She approved the Substitute Bill to clarify.
01:04The Guided by International Standard was removed
01:08which is for the contracts in the Constitution
01:10about the masturbation or sexual feelings of children.
01:14It was also clarified in the Substitute Bill
01:16that Comprehensive Sexuality Education
01:18will only be given to 10-year-olds
01:21and only 16-year-olds can access contraceptives
01:26if they have parental consent.
01:28One of the groups that is dependent on Hontiveros' approval
01:30is the Forum for Family Planning and Development.
01:33Sex education under the DepEd has a problem with the fund.
01:38The DepEd of the previous administration
01:44only rolled out in three regions.
01:47The other regions are doing their own efforts on their own.
01:53The fund is not the problem.
01:55The problem is that sometimes,
01:56there is something in the law that is not agreeable
02:00in other sectors.
02:02Herbosa admitted that there is still a crisis
02:04in teenage pregnancy.
02:06Many young people are dying in their pregnancy.
02:09Young people in their planned pregnancy
02:12do not get a check-up.
02:14There are many complications.
02:17The group of the Forum for Family Planning and Development
02:19said that the number of teenage pregnancies
02:22doubled in 2023 compared to 2018
02:25according to the data of the PSA or the Philippine Statistics Authority.
02:29The youngest child was only one year old.
02:34Information is important.
02:37There is a lot of information
02:39for young people who rely on their peers
02:42or on the internet.
02:44That should not be the source of information
02:47when it comes to sexuality and relationships.
02:51This is an important role of the parents.
02:54But if the parents can't do it,
02:56the schools can.
02:58For GMA Integrated News,
03:00Jonathan Andalan,
03:01for Tutok,
03:0224 hours.
03:07.
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