A bill in the Tennessee General Assembly that already passed the Senate would, in part, require students to view a fetal development video as part of their sex education or human development curriculum.
SB 2767 requires the state’s education commissioner to submit a report of the disposition of each complaint filed by a parent or legal guardian against any school district to the General Assembly. The General Assembly’s goal is to ensure that school boards are held accountable for investigating complaints made by parents.
The bill was filed by State Sen. Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma).
But an amendment in the bill requires students to see the development of a human baby in the womb as part of their education.
The amendment “rewrites the bill to, instead, enact the Baby Olivia Act, which requires a family life curriculum that directly or indirectly addresses human growth, human development, or human sexuality to include the presentation of a high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound of at least three minutes in duration that shows the development of the brain, heart, sex organs, and other vital organs in early fetal development, such as ‘Meet Baby Olivia,’ a high-quality, computer-generated animation developed by Live Action that shows the process of fertilization and the stages of human development inside the uterus.”
“Meet Baby Olivia” is a video by the pro-life group LiveAction that shows the development of a baby from conception to life.
The video says that life begins upon conception, when sperm fertilizes an egg, a scientific fact that is often denied by the political left.
“This is the moment when life begins,” a narrator says in the video. “A new human being has come into existence. At fertilization, her gender, ethnicity, hair color, eye color and countless traits are already determined.”
Six Republican members of the Tennessee Senate voted in favor of the bill, while two did not vote. The lone opposition vote came from the only Democrat senator in Tennessee, State Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Nashville).
The companion bill to SB 2767, HB 2435, introduced by Rep. Gino Bulso (R-Williamson County) passed the State House on March 21.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter.
Image “Infant in the Womb” by LIVEAction.
