Pro-life group Live Action has put out what it says is a medically accurate animated depiction of an abortion procedure, and claims the video is changing the minds of some pro-choice young women who watch it.
After watching all or a majority of the four-minute video, a third of pro-choice women surveyed online by Live Action said they view abortion “less favorably.” Additionally, 28 percent of those women who saw the video responded by saying that more restrictions should be placed on abortion.
The video “shows how developed a baby is during the procedure,” and was produced with a team of OB/GYNs, former abortionists and other physicians, the group said in a press release.
Around half of the pro-choice women polled, Live Action said — 46 percent — believed the medical animations should be shown to high school students in sex education classes, and 39 percent claimed that pregnant women considering an abortion should watch them as well.
“Abortionists have worked for decades to keep women in the dark about how developed their preborn children in the womb are and what abortion procedures actually entail for both the mother and the child,” said Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action, in a statement.
“The more people learn about abortion, the more they see how barbaric and inhumane it is — whether the abortion is committed by depriving a preborn child of nutrients for days until she dies, or by ripping her limbs apart while she’s still alive, or by injecting her with a drug to induce cardiac arrest,” Rose said.
Live Action conducted an online video poll between May 9 and 16. The survey consisted of 502 women ages 18-30 who watched its D&E Abortion Procedures video and responded to a series of questions. Of all the women surveyed, 208 who identified as “pro-choice” watched all or the majority of the video.