15/01/2025
PREVENTION OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, SENATE BILL NO. 1979: IS IT WORTH IT?
Thereās been a lot of tension in the air when the news about this bill spread throughout the entire Philippines. Some have blatantly expressed concern against this bill while others say to reconsider by reading it carefully.
Here is my personal opinion and let me say it for once:
The government wants children (mere minors) to be woke.
Believe me I have scanned this bill and I will demonstrate an example.
But before that let me brief you with some important details.
1. The FULL title of the bill:
An Act Providing For A National Policy In Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies, Institutionalizing Social Protection For Adolescent Parents, And Providing Funds Therefor.
2. The AUTHORS of the bill:
Submitted by the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality joint with the Committees on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development; Health and Demography; and Finance with Senators Hontiveros, Marcos, Revilla, Jr., Angara and Go as authors.
As I read it I was impressed. So far so good, in fact most of the points proposed are very exceptional, providing help for single mothers and encouraging them to complete their education? Amazing! Social protection for adolescent mothers? Incredible!
But it is in Section 9-12 where I say things get a little touchy. I wonāt go deep into all the details, just stating Section 12 (read it in the picture posted). Basically, adolescents under 15 years old given the consent of a PARENT, a legal GUARDIAN, or a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, they can learn everything about s*x just to prevent POSSIBLE gender-based violence, s*xual abuse, and exploitation. So now the government cares about kids being exploited? Not everyone in the country cares about your children. What if a parent doesnāt give consent? The child can just go to a doctor or nurse they know and ask for THEIR consent to learn all this information instead of their parents. What if the parents gave consent? Do you know your kids well enough to know who they subscribed in Youtube? What they chat to their friends in Roblox?
It may be possible that the government is sugarcoating a lot more dangers with the promise of help for single adolescent mothers.
Pray for our leaders.
Pray for our parents.
Pray for the children.
Sign Project Dalisay: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefWePW7rY6pj2ACzpUegLYAfllzpOjdC0ZJe-8ZctmZ9nBZw/viewform
Read the whole bill: https://web.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=19&q=SBN-1979&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaLbmHkRNr5_T4bV-sutIW0EkCBEoBMGGf-W6SwS0akIl1FJsHatES-ZMQ_aem_Su3tn1Kf14yLMZrrrfyBbA