Columbus, Ohio (Wcmh) – A legislator in Ohio would like to ask public students to watch videos on fetal development from the third to 12th grade annually.
MP Melanie Miller (R-Eshland) hired the “Baby Olivia Act” with the name “Baby Olivia Act” on September 29. The proposal would prescribe the schools.Meet Baby Olivia“Who leads the spectators through the fetal development and says that life begins with the conception.
In addition to “Meet Baby Olivia”, the legislation would require the annual review of a high -resolution ultrasonic video that is at least three minutes long. These are the minimum requirements defined in the measure, and school districts can choose to “do something more extensive”.
“By committed to this legislation, I would like to provide the next generation with knowledge that promotes respect for human life and an appreciation for incredible biology that begins with the conception,” said Miller in an explanation.
The invoice tries to show the videos during the 2026-2027 school year. The proposal says that a school must provide the parents related teaching materials on request. Miller said parents could decide their children.
The Ohio’s Ministry of Education would carry out an exam at the beginning of each school year to review compliance with the measure and publish its results online at the latest 120 days after the start of the school year. If the schools do not meet, they could be exposed to a lawsuit by the Attorney General in Ohio.
In over 20 states, legislation, the schools commissioned, was given the Baby Olivia video or similar content. Six states – Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota and Tennessee – have passed such laws.
Planned Parenthood has described the baby olivia video as “manipulative” and explains that its fetal development is misrepresented. The provider of reproductive healthcare also claims that the mother “only mentioned very little” in the video and the risk of pregnancy is reduced.
Kellie Copeland, the executive director of Abortion Forward, has emerged against the bill and states that Miller and the legislator in Ohio want to “force disinformation against abortions in public schools”. Copeland pointed out the fact that Ohio is the only state in the nation without state standards for health education for K-12, and said that the assumption of such standards would serve a better option for students.
“Students should learn science in terms of human reproduction, but these lessons should also contain medically accurate and comprehensive information that demonstrably encourage teenagers to delay the start of sexual activities until later in life and to give them the tools to prevent unintentional pregnancy and plan how a family should start if they are ready,” said Copeland. “This propaganda video full of misinformation is the opposite of it.”
The legislation supported the coalition of the law on life in Ohio and the Center for Christian Virtue. Representatives of each organization spoke at the end of September at an announcement of the law.
“How often have we heard the reasons that an embryo or a fetus only” pregnancy tissue “or a” cell lump “or worse is not even human?” said Kate Makra, President of the Coalition of Law on Life. “This dehumanization of the unborn must stop, and it can only be overcome by teaching children the truth about the child’s humanity in the womb.”
HB 485 was transferred to the education committee, where it is waiting for his first hearing. Seven Republicans do the legislation.
