MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos denounced on Monday (Jan 20) a proposed law to make sex education mandatory in schools in the conservative mainly Catholic nation, alleging it would teach 4-year-olds to pleasure themselves.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowed to veto Senate Bill 1979 or the Comprehensive Sexuality Education Bill if it is passed in its current

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos denounced on Monday a proposed law to make sex education mandatory in schools in the country, alleging it would teach four year-olds to pleasure themselves. Marcos vowed to veto the bill in the event it hurdles Congress,

The bill, which Marcos said teaches 4-year-olds about pleasuring themselves aims to address high teen pregnancy rates, has been met with opposition by conservatives.