On Thursday, Gov. Brad Little (R-Idaho) signed a bill into law that requires “public schools in the state to utilize a prenatal development educational curriculum in their classrooms.” States like Tennessee and North Dakota already have similar mandates. The law specifically states:
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each school district, specially chartered district, and public charter school serving students in grades 5 through 12 inclusive, or any combination thereof, shall include instruction on human growth and development as provided in this subsection and subsection (2) of this section. Such instruction shall include but shall 16 not be limited to a presentation of:
(a) A high-definition ultrasound video, at least three (3) minutes in 18 duration, showing the development of the brain, heart, sex organs, and other vital organs in early fetal development; and
(b) A high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation showing the process of fertilization and every stage of human development inside the uterus, noting significant markers in cell growth and organ development for every week of pregnancy until birth.
(2) The instruction required in subsection (1) of this section shall also be included in every class that discusses or provides instruction concerning human biology, discusses or provides instruction concerning contraception, or discusses or provides instruction concerning sexually transmitted diseases or sexually transmitted infections.
Seems pretty reasonable, right? Without fetal growth and development, none of us would exist, and middle and high schoolers — the age of the students who would be the subject of this type of education — should know the basic foundation of human biology.
In addition to biology classes, it sounds like the law makes this a part of any type of class that focuses on sex education, and, again, what’s wrong with that? Showing adolescents the realities of pregnancy and emphasizing that unprotected sex can lead to creating a real live human being could encourage abstinence or the importance of using contraception. It could help them take the topic more seriously.
And yes, it could also probably lower abortion rates and maybe even improve mental health outcomes for women, but the anti-life crowd doesn’t like that. […]
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