Bill mandating fetal video viewing for North Dakota students heads to governors desk

BISMARCK — North Dakota school districts’ health curriculum would have to include a video of fetal development under a bill going to Gov. Doug Burgum. The House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 4, concurred with Senate amendments on House Bill 1265 , and passed the bill in a 75-16 vote. The Senate last week passed the bill 37-9. The bill would add “a high-definition ultrasound video, at least three minutes in duration, showing the development of the brain, heart, sex organs, and other vital organs in early fetal development” to a school district’s human growth and development discussion and human…