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00:00Senator Risa Ontiveros signed the Substitute Bill
00:03under the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act.
00:07It follows the withdrawal of seven senators
00:09who first signed and supported this committee report.
00:13They say that there needs to be more dialogue with the stakeholders.
00:18This is Makki Polido's report.
00:20This senator suddenly withdrew his signature from the committee report
00:28in Senate Bill 1979
00:30or an Act Providing for a National Policy in Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies.
00:35It follows the statements of President Bongbong Marcos against the Senate
00:39that he will veto if passed in the current version.
00:43You will teach four-year-olds how to masturbate.
00:48It is a travesty of what sexual and sex education should be to the children.
00:54Among those who withdrew their signatures were Senators J.V. Ejercito,
00:58Nancy Binay, Cynthia Villar, and Bong Go,
01:01who wrote to Senate President Cheese Escudero.
01:04They believe that adolescent pregnancy is an important issue
01:07but that there needs to be more dialogue with the stakeholders.
01:11They were followed by Senators Bong Revilla, Jingoy Estrada, and Loren Legarda.
01:16Before the withdrawal, there were 18 Senators who signed the committee report.
01:21He has not yet gone to the President.
01:23He already has a pronouncement that he will veto.
01:25So why would we produce a committee report
01:29when we already know that the President will veto it?
01:32I do not agree with any prophecy that will damage the value of the family
01:37and the dignity of the faith of our fellowmen.
01:41Yesterday, Senator Misa Ontiveros held a manifesto in Plenary.
01:46That discussions on the bill have been muddled
01:48by so much disinformation.
01:52They said that the 0-4 years old masturbation is in the bill.
01:58Anal sex, oral sex, and other concepts that are not suitable for children.
02:05The people are afraid.
02:08But I will repeat,
02:10none of this is in the bill.
02:13And it will never be included in any bill that I will propose.
02:20In the middle of this, he will ask for an amendment by substitution
02:24to answer the concerns of some Senators.
02:27We have already removed the phrase
02:31guided by international standards
02:34because of the concerns of some.
02:38We have already limited CSE
02:41to adolescents or 10 years old and above.
02:45According to Senate President Cheese Escudero,
02:48because Ontiveros will amend the bill,
02:50it will be studied if it will be returned to the committee
02:53or if it will be debated in the Senate Plenary.
02:55Mackie Pulido reporting for GMA Integrated News.