While the number of teenage pregnancies dropped in 2020, re-electionist Senator Win Gatchalian maintained that effective measures should be in place to ensure a decreasing number of teenage mothers in succeeding years. Citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III said that there were 56,428 live births among 10-to-17-year-old mothers in 2020, 6,082 or 10% lower than the 62,510 recorded in 2019. According to POPCOM, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and the lack of face-to-face classes contri…