An Act relating to schools; requiring school districts beginning in certain school year to provide students in certain grades certain instruction in human growth and development; providing for contents of instruction; allowing instruction to be integrated into one or more existing courses; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
2 Replies to “SB 587 (2025)”
SB 587 and HB 1603, known nationally as “Baby Olivia Bills,” seek to allow or require schools to show the 3-minute film Meet Baby Olivia. Critics, including medical experts, argue the film goes against U.S. medical standards by calculating fetal development from fertilization rather than the last menstrual period. The implicit intent of Meet Baby Olivia is to distort developmental stages to emphasize abortion’s “harm” to the fetus and promote that life begins at fertilization.
While the bills don’t explicitly mention Meet Baby Olivia or its producer, the anti-abortion group Live Action, they are written so that few educational materials would qualify—making the film the likely default.
Baby Olivia Bills have been introduced in numerous states, including Missouri and Arkansas. They have passed in Tennessee and North Dakota. Read more from CBS News.
Requires grades 9-12 curriculum to include human development related to pregnancy, covering the biology of pregnancy and fetal development. The curriculum must include:
These requirements may be integrated into other lessons.
SB 587 is almost identical to Rep. Gise’s HB 1603.
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