Palace welcomes filing of substitute bill on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Groups call out ex-CJ Sereno for alleged 'misinformation' on anti-teen pregnancy bill

Several child rights and health advocates on Friday denounced former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and her group, National Coalition for the Family and the Constitution (NCFC), for allegedly spreading 'misinformation' on Senate Bill No. 1979 or the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention bill.

Teens ‘really need help,’ say supporters of adolescent pregnancy prevention bill

MANILA, Philippines – Various civil society groups backing the contested adolescent pregnancy prevention bill used data, facts, and grassroots-level accounts to defend why they believe the proposed measure — along with comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) — would be the right way to curb pregnancies among young girls. The groups’ press conference, held in Quezon City on Friday, January 24, came amid a controversy stemming from a religious ini…

Palace welcomes filing of substitute bill on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Malacañang on Friday welcomed the announcement of Senator Risa Hontiveros that she will file a substitute bill to the controversial Adolescent Pregnancy Prevent

Lawmaker says teenage pregnancies should be treated as ‘epidemic’

MP Lydia Mushimiyimana has called on Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA), and other relevant institutions to treat teenage pregnancy a...

PBBM to read new version of teenage pregnancy prevention bill

By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos YOUNG MOM. A health worker attends to a young mother and her baby in this undated photo. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday (Jan. 23, 2025) he has to read first the new version of Senate Bill (SB) 1979 or the proposed Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act before he reconsiders the proposal which mandates the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) Program. (File photo courtesy of Comm…