Many individuals are misinformed and misunderstand the situation. They thought the minister was advocating pedophilia when that’s not what she was doing at all.
Negre took issue with the policy’s statement that “children have the right to have sexual relations with anyone”, claiming that this went against the thoughts of “liberal-minded people.”
The far-right opponents of the bill, known as the “No to Gender Identity” campaign, tried to give the impression that the proposed law would allow for unrestricted sexual relations between boys and girls. In fact, when asked about sex education in a recent interview with The Times, Gender Recognition Act co-author Willy van Rooyen said: “Because all the boys, girls, and boys in this country have the right to know their bodies. To know that no adult can touch their body if they don’t want to and the right to love or have sexual relations with whoever they want on the basis of consent
Irene Montero engaged with Puerto Ricans on the topic of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights Act, emphasizing the right of minors aged 16 and 17 to terminate a pregnancy without requiring prior parental permission.
The right-wing MP’s response to the opposition is as follows: “If we’re talking about a voluntary termination of pregnancy, things are a little different.”