(FW) – A Republican lawmaker in Ohio has presented legislation that, if approved, would require public school educators to teach students about pregnancy, fetal development, and abortion. State Rep. Niraj Antani first introduced H.B. 90 — the “Humanity of the Unborn Child” bill — some weeks ago and has characterized it as an effort to “promote a culture of life” in Ohio, according to the Toledo Blade. The law would require the state to create an instructional program to help achieve an “abortion-free society.”
Furthermore, it mandates the Ohio Department of Health and the state’s Board of Education design materials — without the assistance of any organizations that provide abotion — to educate students on unborn infants’ human characteristics at various stages of gestation. Most controversially, the bill would require Ohio to create educational materials that “clearly and consistently state[s] that abortion kills a living human being.” That language would then be distributed to the general population through various forms of media, including print and broadcast mediums. READ MORE
