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 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.