A pro-life lawmaker in the House wants school districts to adopt age appropriate curriculum on human growth and development, beginning with sixth graders.

It's called the Baby Olivia Act, which is in reference to a three minute video produced by an anti-abortion group.

It shows an animated depiction of the stages of pregnancy until birth.

Parents who object could choose not to have their children see the video, and parents would have to sign a permission slip for their kids to participate.

Brandenburg, Republican State Representative Nancy Tate, the sponsor of the Baby Olivia act, said the video has been widely viewed.

As of May of 2023.

This video has been seen by more than 50 million viewers since it was released in the summer of 2021, offering an animated glimpse of human life from the first moments of conception or scrutiny, fertilization and details of pre-born child's growth inside the mother's womb.

So not only what I like to see this video shown in schools, but I would also like for it to be shown in churches, pregnancy resource centers and in offices of Obstetricians and Ojibwa in.

Reproductive rights groups and others registered their opposition to the bill.

They say the baby Olivia video makes false, scientifically inaccurate claims about fetal development.

They believe that sex education is the best way to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

We don't have good education about contraception and family planning and healthy pregnancy maintenance in our expectations right now for sexual education.

So I don't see why we would start educating with this video, which is coming from a philosophical perspective before we're giving children the details, they'll actually need as they become young adults who are making decisions for their own health and that of others.

House Bill 346 doesn't specify a certain video rendering or animation be shown, but leaves that up to the schools and teachers to decide.

The pro-life group, the Family Foundation supports the legislation.

As a father of four, including a four month old at home, I can tell you from recent firsthand experience that ultrasound videos and photos and even all of the apps that are available to see the computer generated animated reality of what is occurring in the womb.

I was so helpful for my kids to understand what is taking place inside a mommy's womb, right inside mommy's belly, what's going on.

And I think that our our kids I mean, shouldn't our middle school and high school kids have access to that information?

The House Health Services Committee agreed and approved the bill on a vote of 14 to 4.

It now heads to the House floor for consideration by the entire House membership.

280 Kentucky health care professionals, including doctors, medical students and some lawmakers, denounced Kentucky's current abortion laws this week at the Capitol.

The group says the laws are dangerous and create a hostile environment for doctors.

How do you practice medicine in a culture of fear?

I don't think you can.

And I would reach out to the state of Kentucky to listen to the voters, to listen to women who listen to the health care of this state, where you almost lead the country in maternal mortality.

I think we are number two now.

That's not a proud statistic to be to have so many, many women now with medical problems are getting ill and they will not have the choice, whether it's their life or to have the pregnancy.

And we need to provide that to them.

I will continue to counsel my patients on how to make informed, responsible decisions so they can protect their bodies.

But perhaps the most important protection I can teach them is not how to use a condom, but instead how to protect themselves from lawmakers who do not have their individual liberties and freedoms as a priority and encourage every one of them and their parents to register and vote.

The group is part of a coalition called the Kentucky Physicians and Allied Health Professionals for Reproductive Freedom.

It's collecting signatures for an open letter calling for an end to the state's abortion bans.