Marcos supports Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Despite getting mixed reactions on the proposed Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in schools, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has expressed his support for the program.

“The teaching of this in our schools is very, very, very important,” Marcos said.

Marcos noted the increasing number of teenage pregnancy and its similar consequences. He emphasized that teenagers who become mothers must be aware of how they should support themselves, especially when they are taking care of their babies.

“When the mother is a teenager, she doesn't know how to take care of the child. They don't know how to take care of themselves when they are pregnant [and] what to eat when they give birth… What to feed the child?” he lamented.

Marcos stressed that these are some of the things that the government also needs to address.

He added that teenagers must be knowledgeable about their “options” and “consequences” in becoming young parents.

“And to make young people, especially, knowledgeable about what are the options that are truly available to us, and what the consequences are — what the consequences are of having a child too soon, too early,” he said.

“Children having children is a very difficult situation for both the child and the parent,” he added.

Earlier, family rights group National Coalition for the Family and the Constitution (NCFC) aired their concerns on the controversial program particularly on concepts like "gender fluidity" and "sexual diversity," contraception, abortion, and non-traditional relationships.

The group noted that it contradicts traditional Christian and Islamic morality on family life.

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara said the department is open to suggestions with regards to the implementation of the program.