PopCom Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III made the clarification in an interview, correcting the statement he made in a Senate budget hearing the day before. Perez said PopCom was “concerned that this is happening at a time when we are implementing the RPRH,’’ or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012. “So perhaps, overall, with regard to teen pregnancy in the Philippines, 500 youths give birth every day,” he said. It should be done in marriage,” he stressed, adding: “This phenomenon [of teen pregnancies] actually quashes such a future. Also on Friday, Malacañang urged parents and schools to be more active in educating children on reproductive health.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 18, 2020 20:03 UTC