{"id":330405,"date":"2025-04-29T10:45:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=330405"},"modified":"2025-04-28T22:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T03:24:34","slug":"iowa-prenatal-education-bill-governors-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/iowa-prenatal-education-bill-governors-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa prenatal education bill heads to governor’s desk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Iowa bill requiring students to receive prenatal instruction has been sent to the desk of Republican Governor Kim Reynolds for her signature.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 175<\/a> will require that the state’s public school students in grades four through 12 be shown “a high-definition ultrasound video showing the presence of the brain, heart and other vital organs in early fetal development” as well as “a high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image that depicts the humanity of the unborn child by showing prenatal human development, starting at fertilization, noting significant markers in cell and organ development throughout every stage of pregnancy.”<\/p>\n

Though the legislation does not mention Live Action’s “Baby Olivia” video by name, the animated prenatal development video would qualify under the bill’s definition. It utilizes groundbreaking animation to depict medically-accurate information about life in the womb from the moment of fertilization all the way until birth. The video enables students to understand that human development starts well before birth, as it notes significant milestones in the preborn child\u2019s growth and development for every week of pregnancy, such as the baby\u2019s brain, heart, and lungs.<\/p>\n