Video of fetus in disembodied womb required viewing for students in two states, as classroom becomes latest front in post-Roe abortion wars

Awash in soft, peach-colored light, the infant yawns, sticks her thumb in her mouth and flutters her eyes at the camera. As the camera pulls away from her, an umbilical cord and the fleshy tunnel surrounding the infant comes into focus. This isn’t a newborn baby: it’s a fetus in a disembodied womb.

“This is Olivia,” a British female voice narrates. “Though she has yet to greet the outside world, she has already completed an amazing journey.”

Say hello to “Meet Baby Olivia”, an animated video made by an American anti-abortion group that purports to depict humans’ embryonic and fetal development in an alleged effort to convert young people to the anti-abortion cause. The video – or something very close to it – will be required viewing for public school students in two states, with several more potentially on the way.

Last year, North Dakota became the first state in the nation to pass a law mandating that schools screen “Meet Baby Olivia” or a similar video. This year, Tennessee enacted its own “Meet Baby Olivia” law, requiring that “Meet Baby Olivia” or something like it be shown as part of schools’ sex education curriculum.

  • Flying Squid
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    664 months ago

    I can’t speak for the medical accuracy of the video, but Baby Olivia must have paid extra for the luxury womb, because she’s got a hell of a lot of space in there.

      • @gAlienLifeform
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        154 months ago

        It looks nice, but the only reason she can afford it is because it’s in a crappy state where nobody wants to live

        • Flying Squid
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          34 months ago

          Meanwhile, miss one month’s rent in a blue state and they abort you.

    • J'Pol
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      214 months ago

      Based on the size of a typical baby, there’s at least 300 sqft in there.

      • @disguy_ovahea
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        104 months ago

        They needed the space for the lighting and camera crews.