Family life education curriculum guidelines; human reproduction, viewing of ultrasound video. (HB785)
Introduced By
Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun) with support from co-patrons Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater), and Del. Phil Scott (R-Spotsylvania)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Family life education curriculum guidelines; human reproduction; viewing of ultrasound video recording. Requires the instruction on human reproduction contained in the Board of Education's family life education curriculum guidelines to include the viewing of a video recording of an ultrasound of a live unborn human in the uterus. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2022 | Committee |
| 01/11/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100736D |
| 01/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 02/01/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB785) |
| 02/15/2022 | Left in Education |
Comments
Why are you eliminating the word Education from the Board of Education?
If abstinence education is the primary purpose of our human reproduction courses, and does not also include information about contraception, then it fosters ignorance. The language “live unborn human in the uterus” is incorrect until the stage of viability of the fetus. This language is inflammatory and unnecessarily loaded with political insinuation. A science class where students view multiple images from various animals in utero is a more appropriate setting for media of a human fetus.