“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed that comprehensive sexuality education, which is a provision in the proposed Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill, will encourage masturbation and “trying different sexualities.”
What Vera Files found
No such passages exist in the Senate Bill. These claims originated from a video opposing comprehensive sexuality education created by the National Coalition for the Family and the Constitution.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 20 January 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 27 January 2025, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has 62 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 43 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aUQE3ZnIj0
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.