LINCOLN- A Nebraska state senator who proposed adding the study of human fetal development to the state’s science curriculum said his bill was not related to debates over abortion and he’s open to barring a controversial video that depicts fertilization and fetal growth. Sen. Rick Holdcroft of Bellevue said he introduced LB213 to enhance the science curriculum, saying students do not know enough about human development. He acknowledged during an Education Committee hearing Monday that people have varying beliefs on when life begins but said it occurs “certainly somewhere before birth.”

Holdcroft proposed lessons on embryology would occur in elementary, middle and high school. Science classes would cover stages of embryonic development and include videos “of at least four-dimensional quality” depicting fetal growth. Parents would have the option to keep their children out of the lessons.

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