Ohio House passes bill requiring public schools show ‘Baby Olivia’ video to students in grades 5-12

Ohio House Republicans pass 'Baby Olivia Act'

State Representatives passed the "Baby Olivia Act," 59-27, which requires a video depicting fetal growth in the womb as part of grades 5 through 12 instruction.

Ohio House passes bill requiring public schools show ‘Baby Olivia’ video to students in grades 5-12

The bill, which now heads to the Ohio Senate, would also require showing students an ultrasound video at least three minutes long.

Ohio House passes bill requiring public schools show ‘Baby Olivia’ video to students in grades 5-12

The bill, which now heads to the Ohio Senate, would also require showing students an ultrasound video at least three minutes long.

Ohio House passes bill requiring public schools show ‘Baby Olivia’ video to students in grades 5-12

The bill, which now heads to the Ohio Senate, would also require showing students an ultrasound video at least three minutes long.

Ohio House passes bill requiring public schools show ‘Baby Olivia’ video to students in grades 5-12

The Ohio House passed HB 485, requiring schools to show an anti-abortion fetal development video critics call medically inaccurate, despite objections over science, age-appropriateness, and ideology.

Ohio House passes bill requiring public schools show ‘Baby Olivia’ video to students in grades 5-12

The Ohio Statehouse. (Photo by David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal.)The Ohio House passed a bill that would require Ohio public schools to show a video produced by an anti-abortion group about fetal development to students during Wednesday’s House session.  Ohio House Bill 485, also known as the “Enact Baby Olivia Act,” would require schools to show either the ‘Baby Olivia’ video or a similar video to students every year starting in fifth grade a…