00:00Words matter, especially if it is conveyed without filter and in an in-your-face style and far removed from typical and traditional
00:08rhetoric. As in a conservatively raised president finding the literary content of Senate Bill
00:151979 far too strong, overly adult, or perhaps even taboo for the typical Filipino. Hence, Senator Risa
00:22Ontiveros vowed to temper or lighten up the words
00:25constituting Senate Bill
00:271979 in the hope it will not offend
00:30sensibilities of her peers and especially the president who vowed to veto it upon receipt as our Daniel Manalastas reports.
00:40President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. expressed apprehensions regarding the controversial Senate Bill number
00:471979, otherwise known as the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act.
00:52The president was shocked about the bill regarding some of its provisions.
01:22And it seems like with this current form, the bill will not get the president's nod.
01:52I'm already guaranteeing, it will not pass. But if this bill is passed in that form, I guarantee all parents, teachers, and children, I will immediately veto it.
02:08Senator Joel Villanueva
02:10seconded and thanked the president for his thoughts about the bill. Villanueva is a well-known critic of Senate Bill
02:171979. Let us also be reminded of the importance of families as stated in our
02:24Constitution, which recognizes the natural and primary right and duty of parents to rear their children.
02:32Senator Risa Ontiveros meanwhile expressed openness to refine the proposed measure.
02:37CSE contains the very same things you support.
02:41Teaching kids anatomy, the consequences of early pregnancy, that is also what we support.
02:48I am willing to accept amendments to refine the bill so we can steer it to passage.
02:54Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said he supports provisions that focus on health care and support for teenage mothers.
03:01But toms down the provisions on teaching sexual education to adolescents still in the age of discernment.
03:08Daniel Manastas from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.
