Senator Win Gatchalian on Sunday cited the need to address existing gaps in delivering comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) following the issuance of an executive order declaring the prevention of teenage pregnancy as a national priority.
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Act of 2012 mandates the delivery of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate reproductive health education.
The law, according to Gatchalian, should capacitate minors on protecting one’s self from teenage pregnancy, sexual abuse, gender-based violence, and responsible teenage behavior, among others.
To guide the delivery of CSE, the Department of Education (DepEd) issued Order 31 s. 2018.
Despite the passage of the law, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) reported that teenage pregnancies in the country continued to rise.
Gatchalian warned that lockdown measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a teenage pregnancy boom.
He noted the POPCOM report showing that in 2020, there were 2,422 babies born in the Cordilleras, an increase of 46.43 percent from the 1,654 born in 2019.
POPCOM said that in 2019, the number of Filipino minors who gave birth in 2019 increased to 62,510 from 62,341 in 2018. The commission also reported that in 2019, 2,411 girls aged 10 to 14 gave birth, a three-fold increase from the 755 recorded in 2000.
“Ang pagbibigay ng sapat at wastong edukasyon ay isa sa mga pinakamahalagang hakbang na pwede nating gawin upang hindi mapagkaitan ang ating mga kabataan ng magandang kinabukasan,” said Gatchalian.
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