TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
S.B. No. ^88
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY IN PREVENTING ADOLESCENT 
PREGNANCIES, INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR 
ADOLESCENT PARENTS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In 2022, around 150,138 adolescent Pilipinas gave birth. This was concerning, 
given that adolescent pregnancy in the country have been in a decline from 2018 to 
2021 but experienced a sharp increase of about 10% in 2022 alone. Even more 
alarming is that births from teen girls aged 15 below experienced a 35.1% increase in 
one year alone, which could suggest a huge spike in sexual violence committed against 
young girls.
As early as 2019, adolescent pregnancy has been determined to be a national 
and social emergency and the implementation of measures designed to address it 
have been adopted as a national policy through Executive Order 141. In addition, 
adolescent pregnancy has been deemed as the most important problem Pilipinas face 
based on a national survey.
In order to address the rising prevalence of adolescent pregnancy, the 
Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2025 is hereby filed to introduce and 
strengthen the delivery of necessary reproductive health information and services to 
Pilipino adolescents.
The proposed bill seeks to provide Pilipino adolescents access to crucial 
reproductive health and information they need. It also seeks to provide a 
comprehensive set of social protection for young parents to encourage their continuing 
education and to help them be responsible and good parents to their children, 
especially for first-time parents.
The bill also recognizes the role of parents and guardians in shaping the 
attitudes and health-seeking behaviors of their children. A community- and school- 
based program for the education and awareness of parents and guardians shall be 
developed to strengthen their capacity to guide and provide support to their children


in relation to adolescent reproductive health and to encourage Filipino adolescents to 
have these discussions with their parents, instead of turning to unreliable sources.
The country cannot afford to have children having children. In light of this, the 
passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
RISA HONTIVEROS U 
Senator


TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
S.B. No. S88
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25 JULIO P3:17
RECEIVED SY:
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY IN PREVENTING ADOLESCENT 
PREGNANCIES, INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR 
ADOLESCENT PARENTS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
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Sec. 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Prevention of Adolescent
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Pregnancy Act of 2025."
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to:
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Treat the prevention of teenage pregnancies as a national priority;
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Recognize the vital role of the youth in nation-building and shall promote and
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protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being. It shall:
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inculcate nationalism in the youth and encourage their involvement in public and civic
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affairs.
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c) Recognize the role of women in nation-building and ensure the fundamental
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equality of women and men before the law;
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d) Protect and promote the right to health of the people, instill health
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consciousness among them and ensure corresponding interventions that could
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respond to the socioeconomic, health, and emotional needs of adolescents and youth,
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especially young women. To this end, adolescent pregnancy shall be approached as a
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health issue;
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e) Provide scientific, accurate, and comprehensive information to adolescents to
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help them prevent early and unintended pregnancies and their life-long consequences;
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f) Give priority to education to accelerate social progress, and promote total
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human liberation and development. Pursuant thereto, the State shall encourage
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adolescent mothers and fathers to continue and finish their education in order to equip
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them for a better life; increase their human potential; help prevent early marriages,
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high-risk child-bearing, and repeated pregnancy; and to reduce associated mortality
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and morbidity through comprehensive social protection interventions; and
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Recognize and promote the rights, duties, and responsibilities of parents,
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teachers, and other persons legally responsible for the growth of adolescents to
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provide direction and guidance in a manner consistent with adolescents' ability to
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make responsible decisions and to take responsibility for their actions.
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Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall
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be defined as follows:
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Adolescents - refers to the population aged 10 to 19 years;
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Care - refers to the access
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to a full range of methods, techniques, and services that contribute to the sexual and
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reproductive health and well-being of young people by preventing and solving
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reproductive health-related problems as defined in R.A. 10354 or the Responsible
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Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012;
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c) Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) - refers to age- and development-
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appropriate, culturally relevant program to teaching about sexuality and relationships
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by providing scientifically accurate, realistic, and non-judgmental information;
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Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples - refer to a group of
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people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others,
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who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and
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defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since time immemorial,
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occupied, possessed and utilized such territories, sharing common bonds of language,
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customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural traits, or who have, through
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resistance to political, social and cultural inroads of colonization, non-indigenous
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religions and cultures, became historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos.
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ICCs/IPs shall likewise include peoples who are regarded as indigenous on account of
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conquest or colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-indigenous religions and
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cultures, or the establishment of present state boundaries, who retain some or ail of
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their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions, but who may have been
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5 displaced from their traditional domains or who may have resettled outside their
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ancestral domains;
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e) Local Youth Development Council (LYDC) - refers to the local body to be created
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based on Republic Act No. 10742 (SK Reform Law) which is composed of
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representatives of youth and youth-serving organizations in the provindai, city, and
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municipal and barangay level with the primary function of assisting in the planning
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and execution of projects and programs of the Sangguniang Kabataan, and the
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Federations in all levels;
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f) Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC) - refers to the council
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organized at the provincial, city, municipal, and barangay levels that serves as the
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umbrella organization for all children's concerns;
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g) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) - is a cooperative arrangement between one
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or more public and private sectors, typically of a long-term nature, for various
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development programs or projects;
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h) Sexual and Reproductive Health - refers to sexual and reproductive health as
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defined in Republic Act No. 10354;
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i) Sexual Abuse - refers to actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual
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nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions.
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j) Sexual exploitation - refers to any actual or attempted abuse of position of
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vulnerability, differential power or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not. limited
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to, profiting monetarily, socially, or politically from the sexual exploitation of another;
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k) Social Protection - constitutes policies and programs that seek to reduce
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poverty and vulnerability to risks and enhance the social status and rights of the
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marginalized by promoting and protecting livelihood and employment, protecting
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against hazards and sudden loss of income, and improving people's capacity to
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manage risks.
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Sec. 4. Development of the National Program of Action and Investment Plan
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consultation with other members of the National Implementation Team (NIT) of the 
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law, the National 
Commission on Indigenous Populations (NCIP), National Commission on Muslim 
Filipinos (NCMF), and other relevant national and local agencies, non-government 
organizations, civil society organizations, including women and children's 
organizations, parent-teachers-community associations, and adolescent and young 
people's organizations shall develop an evidence-based National Program on the 
Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy (NPPTP). It shall be funded at all levels and 
become a priority program of the Philippine Population Management Program of the 
Population Commission (POPCOM).
The NPPTP shall be based on the inter-agency program of action involving all relevant 
government agencies, eligible for multiyear funding and inter-agency obligational 
authority to ensure the allocation for the key strategies in all concerned government 
agencies. The NPPTP shall be formulated with clear and prescriptive guidance for 
better implementation at the local level.
In developing the NPPTP, consultations shall be conducted with adolescents from 
specific at-risk populations, including children and adolescents from indigenous 
cultural communities, those in situations of armed conflict an humanitarian situations, 
children with disabilities, and children living in geographically isolated and 
disadvantaged areas.
Sec. 5. Local Delivery Network for Adolescent Health and Development. - City 
or Municipal Health Officers, in cooperation with different government and non­
government organizations, institutions, and facilities, shall include the delivery of 
information and services for Adolescent Health and Development. They shall provide 
accessible and quality health services that are responsive to the particular needs of 
adolescents.
Sec. 6. Age and Development-Appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education 
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10354, as well as orders and rules implementing the same, shall include 
comprehensive, age- and developmentally- appropriate information affecting the 
reproductive health and sexuality of adolescents and shall incorporate the objectives, 
initiatives, and programs set forth in this Act. The provisions of Republic Act No. 9710 
or the Magna Carta of Women and implementing rules or issuances related thereto 
shall likewise be included.
The CSE shall address adolescent pregnancy as a health issue, emphasizing adverse 
health outcomes on the adolescent mother and the infant, particularly the toll caused 
on the body of young mothers, higher risk of eclampsia, endometritis, hemorrhage 
and systemic infections; infant mortality and poor nutrition. CSE shall likewise discuss 
the impact of early pregnancies and childbirth on the mental health of young parents 
as well as its adverse social and economic outcomes, including intergenerational 
poverty associated with early and unintended pregnancies.
The CSE shall be scientific, culturally sensitive, community-led, consultative, and 
inclusive. It shall likewise be provided to out of school adolescents, members of 
indigenous communities, and children in emergency situations.
A community-based and school-based program for education and awareness of 
parents and guardians shall be developed and implemented with the main objective 
of capacitating them to effectively guide, counsel, and provide support to their 
adolescent children in the household on concerns and decisions related to their sexual 
and reproductive health, while addressing familial and societal norms that perpetuate 
lack of awareness on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights.
CSE shall be integrated into the existing programs of the DSWD, DepEd, DOH, and 
shall be discussed in PTA meetings and other avenues. The Local Social Welfare 
Development Officers (LSWDOs) shall endeavor to reach out to parent organizations 
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Professional preparation and training for students in teacher-education institutions in 
the country shall integrate CSE standards and concepts.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish parental authority or academic and 
religious freedom.
Sec. 7. Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SH) Information and 
Services. - Adolescents shall be allowed to access SRH information and services, 
provided that access by adolescents below the age of sixteen shall require the consent 
of their parents or guardian. Absent a parent or guardian, consent may be alternatively 
be obtained from a licensed social worker or doctor, or in the case of indigenous 
cultural communities, a trained healthcare representative designated by their 
respective indigenous peoples mandatory representative (IMPR). In all cases, 
counseling shall be carried out to ensure optimal health outcomes and effective 
protections against possible sexual abuse and exploitation.
For this purpose, all health service providers in all health facilities including school 
clinics and school-linked health centers shall be trained on providing adolescent- 
friendly and responsive SRH information and services: Provided, That all health 
facilities shall be enhanced to become an adolescent-friendly facility by ensuring 
confidentiality, availability of services and exclusive schedule for adolescents, non- 
judgmental and responsive health service providers.
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The DOH shall ensure that ASRH training is integrated in the capacity building of
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Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) under R.A. 10354 and in the training of front-line 
health care providers and social workers. The said training shall include topics such 
as, but not limited to: informed consent, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, 
children's rights disease prevention, HIV/AIDS and the more common STIs, hygiene, 
healthy lifestyles, and prevention of gender and sexual violence.
Linkages and referral systems shall be established in educational institutions in order 
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A wider spectrum of SRH services shall be made available to the pregnant adolescents 
and their unborn child, spanning the pre-natal until the post-natal stages of pregnancy 
and their respective health care requirements. For in-school pregnant adolescents, 
consultations with the school nurse and guidance counselor shall be encouraged.
Provision of sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents shall be based on 
the principles of non-discrimination and confidentiality, the rights of adolescents, and 
their ability to make responsible decision and take responsibility for their actions.
Sec. 8. Social Protection for Adolescent Mothers and/or Parents. - A 
comprehensive social protection service shall be provided by LGUs to adolescents who 
are currently pregnant or have given birth and to their partners, in order to prevent 
repeat pregnancies and to ensure their well-being while assuming the responsibilities 
of being young parents. Such services shall include the following:
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Maternal health services including pre-natal and post-natal check-ups and 
facility-based delivery;
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Post-natal family planning counseling and services for both adolescent parents;
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Home-based or online, in-school, or tech-vocational education for adolescent 
parents;
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Personal PhilHealth coverage, making mandatory enrollment and membership 
of indigent adolescent -parents;
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Enrolment to social insurance like the Social Security Services;
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Training, skills development, and support to livelihood programs for the 
household of the adolescent parents especially for the indigents;
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Continuing CSE for adolescent parents;
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Workshops on couples counseling, parenting, and positive discipline for the 
parents;
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Psycho-social support and mental health services for adolescent parents; and
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Discriminatory and exclusionary practices that harm and discourage the education of 
adolescent parents shall be prohibited. All efforts shall be taken by school 
administrations to ensure and encourage the continuation of education of all 
adolescent parents, especially girls.
Adolescent mothers shall be entitled to maternity leave benefit, and their partners to 
paternity leave, if applicable. Termination, forced resignation, suspension, diminution 
of benefits, and other discriminatory acts in the workplace against non-minor pregnant 
girls and adolescent parents shall be prohibited.
Sec. 9. Protective Services in Cases of Sexual Violence. - Strengthened 
comprehensive social protection mechanisms for adolescents, especially for girls, shall 
be provided. Expectant and current mothers whose pregnancies were the result of 
sexual abuse or exploitation shall be given access and support to legal, medical, and 
psycho-social services. The DOH, in coordination with the DSWD shall reinforce the 
capacities of health facilities in providing comprehensive post-trauma care for 
adolescents in cases of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or sexual harassment: 
Provided, That post-trauma care includes but is not limited to services such as 
purposive family planning and counselling.
Health service providers and relevant officers shall be given confidentiality and 
safeguarding guidelines and tools for spotting and referring cases of sexual abuse and 
exploitation of adolescents. Where the adolescent involved is below 16 years old, a 
mandatory reporting mechanism shall be instituted by the BHWs or other healthcare 
workers and the LSWDOs together with the PNP's Women and Children Protection 
Desks consistent with Republic Act No. 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and 
Their Children Act of 2004.
The DOH and DSWD shall ensure swift and efficient delivery of SRH services to 
vulnerable adolescents and young pregnant girls. Increased vigilance shall be 
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Special attention shall be given to young mothers who are at the late stages of 
pregnancy in case of premature labor. In order to ensure-the delivery of SRH 
information and services to adolescents and adolescent expectant parents, LGUs shall 
incorporate adolescent SRH-specific content and safeguards in their local Disaster Risk 
Reduction and Management Plans and their Comprehensive Emergency Program for 
Children.
Sec. 10. Care and Management for First Time Parents. - All pregnant 
adolescents, especially among the poor and hard-to-reach groups shall have access 
to skilled care throughout their pregnancy, delivery, and post-natal periods. SRH 
providers shall strive to provide as many adolescent mothers with their birth plans that 
details their intended place of childbirth delivery, availability of transport to these 
health care institutions, and respective costs. Special attention shall be given to 
younger pregnant mothers during obstetric care.
Workshops, classes, and seminars for first time parents shall be provided with pre- 
and post-natal education. These classes shall include topics such as, but not limited 
to: breastfeeding, infant feeding and care, positive discipline, responsible parenthood, 
mental health wellness, and safe sex practices. The classes shall be made available 
free of charge and at times most convenient for the adolescent parents.
Educational institutions shall be encouraged to develop and establish support 
mechanisms that will encourage the return of adolescent mothers and parents, such 
as in school day-care and breastfeeding stations. Existing daycare facilities shall give 
preferential treatment to the children of adolescent parents.
Sec. 11. Male Involvement in the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy; Shared 
Parenthood. - The DepEd, in coordination with the DOH, shall develop programs that 
will promote male involvement In the prevention of adolescent pregnancies while 
capacitating them for parenthood in the event of such pregnancies. These programs 
shall include topics such as, but not limited to: responsible fatherhood, couples 
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Sec. 12. Foster Care or Adoption. - The DSWD, with the National Authority on 
Childcare, shall provide assistance to adolescent mothers who may decide to put their 
child to foster care or adoption. The consent of the adolescent mother and her parent 
or guardian shall be required, consistent with the provisions of Republic Act No. 11642 
or the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act.
Social workers and guidance counselors shall provide support and guidance to 
adolescent mothers and their guardians to enable them to make well-informed 
decisions regarding the potential consequences of their actions.
Sec. 13. Raising Public Awareness on Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy and 
Conduct of Nationwide Communication Campaign. - To raise public consciousness on 
adolescent pregnancy and generate support from various stakeholders, February shall 
be designated as the National Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Month, which shall be 
observed nationwide. Schools and other stakeholders shall hold activities with the 
objective of raising awareness and generating critical actions to address the increasing 
prevalence of adolescent pregnancy.
The DOH, DepEd, DSWD and other relevant agencies, LCDs, CSOs, and the private 
sector shall develop, launch, and sustain a nationwide campaign for the prevention of 
adolescent pregnancy.
The agencies tasked with the implementation of CSE shall optimize media and online 
platforms to reach adolescents with accurate and accessible information and messages 
on ASRFI rights and concerns. A web portal for the NPPTP shall be developed to 
harmonize and link various websites and online services for ASRH. Private broadcast 
networks shall be encouraged and given access to relevant information and material 
to do the same.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) shall review their 
existing guidelines to ensure that no television programs promote and encourage
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unsafe sexual activities among adolescents. Within one year from the effectivity of this 
Act, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, in coordination with the National 
Council for Children's Television and other relevant government agencies, shall 
formulate its own guidelines to ensure that unsafe adolescent sexual activity is not 
promoted or encouraged in broadcast media.
Sec. 14. Residential Care Facilities for Disadvantaged Women. - The existing 
residential care facilities of the Department of Social Welfare and Development for 
disadvantaged women shall be capacitated to accommodate the needs of adolescent 
mothers and their infants.
In order to effectively serve their pregnant adolescent residents, these centers shall 
employ the following personnel: a case worker, an on-call obstetrician-gynecologist, 
full-time midwife or nurse, and a psychologist.
The city or municipality with the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy shall be 
prioritized in the establishment of residential care facilities.
Sec. 15. Integration of Programs for the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy. - 
The NIT shall institute programs focused on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, taking 
into consideration the specific mandates of agencies comprising the team.
Strategies and programs which aim to prevent incidence of adolescent pregnancies 
shall be integrated in the SK and the LCPC programs at the local and community level, 
with the SKs using 10% of their SK funds.
The SK and the LCPC shall likewise implement programs and activities that aim to 
develop the potential and skills of adolescents to make them more productive 
members of the society. The topics of the said programs and activities are inclusive of 
but are not limited to: leadership trainings and life skills seminars that can be done by 
the adolescents and their families together. The SK and the LCPC shall encourage
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youth participation in these activities as means of diverting the focus and potential of 
adolescents into more meaningful and productive endeavors.
The SK and the LCPC shall enlist the support of the local barangay council and the 
barangay health center in providing a more complete array of services, activities, and 
programs.
Sec. 16. Creation of a National Information System on the Prevention of 
Adolescent Pregnancy - The DOH, the DepEd, and the DSWD, in consultation with 
NIT, the shall endeavor to create a system that will comprehensively assess and 
effectively monitor and evaluate the status, success, and efficacy of the National 
Program of Action for the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy and the NPPTP.
The existing Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study shall be renamed Adolescent 
Health and Development Survey and be carried out every four years to conduct 
surveys and collect age- and gender-disaggregated data. The Philippine Statistics 
Authority (PSA) shall conduct a dedicated study with the sole focus of collecting ASH 
data and information from 10 to 14 year-olds, subject to the compliance of accepted 
ethical research standards. Research and data collected from the assessment and 
evaluation shall be stored in a public database.
Sec. 17. Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Indicators in the Seal of Good 
Local Governance. - The DILG shall incorporate Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy 
indicators into the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) assessment criteria under 
the social protection and sensitivity program, health compliance and responsiveness, 
and programs for sustainable education, as provided under Section 7(c), (d), and (e) 
of Republic Act No. 11292, or "The Seal of Good Local Governance Act of 2019", to 
promote and recognize LGUs' commitment to preventing adolescent pregnancy. The 
DILG, in consultation with the NIT-RPRH, shall develop the indicators and formulate 
incentives and programs to support LGUs.
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Sec. 18. Appropriations. - All concerned government agencies shall include in 
their annual budget, the necessary funds for strategies and activities within their 
mandates that contribute to the implementation of this Act. Agencies and LGUs may 
also utilize their Gender and Development (GAD) budget in implementing programs 
and activities to carry out the objectives of this Act.
Sec. 19. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within 120 days upon the 
effectivity of this Act, the DOH, DSWD, and the DepEd, shall form a technical working 
group to formulate the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act, in consultation 
with other members of the NIT. The IRR shall ensure the unified and cohesive 
implementation of this Act by all concerned agencies.
Sec. 20. Annual Report. - No later than April 30 of every year, a joint 
consolidated report shall be submitted by the implementing agencies to the President 
of the Philippines and the Congress. The report shall provide a definitive and 
comprehensive assessment of the implementation of its programs and those of other 
government agencies in relation to the implementation of this Act and recommend 
priorities for executive and legislative actions. The report shall be printed and 
distributed to all national agencies, the LGUs, NGOs and private sector organizations 
involved in said programs.
Sec. 21. Separability Clause. - If any part, section, or provisions of this Act is 
held invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in 
full force and effect.
Sec. 22. Repealing Clause. - All other statutes, executive orders, and 
administrative issuances or rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Nothing in this law amends or repeals Articles 256 and 259 of the Revised Penal Code.
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publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
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