. Decision - 34 - G.R. No. 227363 Even Senator Lina, in his explanation of his vote, stated that Senate Bill 1209 also imposes the penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium period to reclusion perpetua for those who commit the act of sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct with a child exploited in prostitution. 83 Senator Lina mentioned nothing about the phrases "subject to other sexual abuse" or "Other Sexual Abuse" under Section 5(b ), Article III of R.A. No. 7610. However, to cover a situation where the minor may have been coerced or intimidated into lascivious conduct, not necessarily for money or profit, Senator Eduardo Angara proposed the insertion of the phrase "WHO FOR MONEY, PROFIT, OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION OR DUE TO THE COERCION OR INFLUENCE OF ANY ADULT, SYNDICATE OR GROUP, INDULGE" in sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct, under Section 5(b), Article III ofR.A. No. 7610. 84 Further amendment of then Article III of R.A. No. 7610 on Child Prostitution was also proposed by then President Pro Tempore Sotero Laurel, to which Senator Angara agreed, in order to cover the "expanded scope" of "child abuse." Thus, Article III was amended and entitled "Child Prostitution and Other Sexual Abuse." 85 This is the proper context where the element that a child be "exploited in prostitution and other sexual abuse" or EPSOSA, came to be, and should be viewed. We hold that it is under President Pro Tempore Laurel's amendment on "expanded scope" of "child abuse" under Section 5(b) and the definition of"child abuse" under Section 3, 86 Article I ofR.A. No. 7610 that should be relied upon in construing the element of "exploited under prostitution and other sexual abuse." In understanding the element of "exploited under prostitution and other sexual abuse", We take into account two provisions of R.A. No. 7610, namely: (1) Section 5, Article III, which states that "[ c]hildren, whether male or female, who for money, profit, or any other consideration or due to the coercion or influence of any adult, syndicate or group, indulge in sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct, are deemed to be 81 84 85 86 Record of the Senate, Vol. II, No. 58, December 2, 1991, pp. 793-794. Record ofthe Senate, Vol. I, No. 7, August I, 1991, p. 262. Id. Section 3. Definition of Terms. - (b) "Child abuse" refers to the maltreatment, whether habitual or not, of the child which includes any of the following: ( 1) Psychological and physical abuse, neglect, cruelty, sexual abuse and emotional maltreatment; (2) Any act by deeds or words which debases, degrades or demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a human being; (3) Unreasonable deprivation of his basic needs for survival, such as food and shelter; or (4) Failure to immediately give medical treatment to an injured child resulting in serious impairment of his growth and development or in his permanent incapacity or death. !ft "