The new “Baby Olivia Act” elicits divisive responses from both sides

Little Rock, Arkansas – The “Baby Olivia Act,” a recently presented bill in Arkansas, mandates that public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools include a thorough lesson on human growth and development in their current health and safety curricula starting in the fifth grade.

Two particular videos must be shown, according to the law: one showing a high-definition ultrasound and another created by a pro-life organization and using artificial intelligence to depict embryonic development in its early stages.

Every year, children will see a three-minute film and watch an ultrasound to learn about fetal growth. When the heart begins to beat and children are able to taste things, I love to watch what truly occurs in the womb. It’s a lovely thing. We can now see it, something we couldn’t before,” adds Representative Mary Bentley.

The bill’s supporters contend that it seeks to provide pupils with a more thorough and aesthetically pleasing understanding of human development, while its detractors express worries about the curriculum’s required nature and its effects on education in public schools.

You’re in your fifth-grade class, and all of your pals are discussing how lovely getting pregnant is. The decision-making ability she had as a little girl was taken away from her. Brittaney Stockton of The YOU Center adds, “We are further shaming her for getting basic medical care as a child.”

The bill mandates that health clinics in schools, particularly those offering sex education, must use the same fetal development movies and teach sexual abstinence training in addition to the curriculum.

In order to emphasize fetal development knowledge and abstinence-based education, the measure also forbids the use of state funding for abortion referrals at these clinics. Critics claim that this may result in false information.

A ten-year-old might, regrettably, watch this film, see a doll that is developing, and want one for herself. Additionally, too many people would use it and possibly teach her how to obtain one.
That is unacceptable. The video is lacking a great deal of information. Representative Denise Garner said, “It doesn’t discuss the woman, the mother, or what’s happening to her body at all.”

The bill will now proceed to the House floor after passing the committee today. Opponents of the measure express concern about the agenda of Live Action, a pro-life organization, and are even more concerned about the false information being taught to youngsters because of the group’s pro-life views.

However, Representative Bentley claims that the group’s logo will be removed from the films if the law is approved.