
CLAIM: Tuturuan ng Senate Bill 1979 na maging “sexually active” ang mga bata.
RATING: HINDI TOTOO
Maling itsinismis ng isang Facebook page na ang Senate Bill 1979 o kilala rin bilang “Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023,” ay maghihikayat at magtuturo sa kabataan na maging “sekswal na aktibo.”
Sinabi pa ng Facebook page na ang panukalang batas ay magwawasak sa pagiging inosente ng mga bata.
Salungat sa claim, ang panukalang batas ay nagsasaad ng pagbigay edukasyon sa kabataan tungkol sa human sexuality, kalusugan sa reproduksyon, at mga epekto ng maagang pagbubuntis. FULL STORY HERE
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