The sponsor of the controversial Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill in the Senate has removed the provision on Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) “guided by international standards” after a backlash from critics, which included President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
In a manifestation in the Senate plenary, Sen. Risa Hontiveros bared the filing of a substitute bill which will also limit mandatory CSE to adolescents aged 10 years old and above, and include a provision guaranteeing academic and religious freedom.
“I am filing an amendment by substitution that seeks to address the objections in the bill,” Hontiveros said.
Hontiveros is one of the three authors of the questioned…