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Bill to require adoption information in health classes seeks to expand students’ knowledge of options
Summary
Rep. Sellers presented HB 730 to require public high school and college health education to provide information about adoption, including types (open/closed) and resources; supporters emphasized waiting lists for adoptive families and the need to destigmatize adoption; some members asked the sponsor to remove AG enforcement language.
Representative John Sellers presented House Bill 730 to require that grades 9–12 (and college/community college students in certain circumstances) receive information about adoption during health education. Sellers said the bill is intended to give teens and young adults information about adoption as an option when an unexpected pregnancy occurs and to connect students with resources about adoption types (open and closed) and local services.
Sellers told the committee there are…
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