Dale Derby voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires Public High Schools to Teach Students about Fetal Development During Pregnancy
Vote to pass a bill that requires public high schools to teach students in grades 9-12 about fetal development during pregnancy.
Materials concerning the anatomical characteristics of a fetus at 2-week gestational intervals, including “Characteristics of the Unborn Child” available at www.awomansright.org;
Annually updated information about public and private agencies and services available to assist a woman through pregnancy, childbirth, and while the child is dependent;
Audiovisual media teaching that “abortion kills a living human being and is against public policy”;
Technology and training on abortion prevention for teachers, counselors, educational personnel, parents, public service personnel, and community leaders;
Secondary school curricula on abortion prevention and “unborn child humanity education”;
Ways to utilize television personalities and athletes to communicate these messages to students; and
Other programs about abortion prevention that do not discuss human sexuality.
Requires public schools operating at grade 9 or 10 to provide a unit of instruction containing this information during regular school hours (Sec. 5).
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Title: Requires Public High Schools to Teach Students about Fetal Development During Pregnancy