{"id":15872,"date":"2016-03-03T17:34:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/?p=15872"},"modified":"2016-03-03T17:34:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:34:40","slug":"shocking-abortion-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/shocking-abortion-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Action releases second, more shocking abortion procedure video today; first video went viral with 11 million views in first week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"\/liveaction\/videos\/vb.49651563727\/10153940150803728\/?type=3\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\/videos\/10153940150803728\/\"><p>The conversation about abortion is changing. This doctor has performed over 1200 abortions, and now he&#8217;s revealing what actually happens during the most prevalent abortion procedure \u2014 a first trimester aspiration abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\/\">Live Action<\/a> on Thursday, March 3, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ARLINGTON, VA (March 3, 2016) &#8212; After the first video of its Abortion Procedures series garnered more than 11 million views in just its first week, Live Action released its second and perhaps more shocking video today.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Action<\/a> received hundreds of testimonials like this one about the D&amp;E abortion video it launched last week:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/TRCku86eSifWKrhSgavsI_evA7ZzP3lIqSfv1k2WNjUPM1XB6WMi0XruteHk9TkTAI3opDKMtKgR34R-wY_zZicARKKAevvrtikq0fzAhvU55lyTc01D35UxfnO1U5UNhS976qPZ\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-02 at 8.55.20 AM blur.png\" width=\"510\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the D&amp;E is largely a second trimester procedure, and the video also received comments like this, where minds were changed, but abortions were still thought to be acceptable in the first trimester:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/vqtFg_x37a34t1nwhT2JPAqyu3EOc_kNt5qKkVHW5OI_MDJzeP8gyQsQefUvcQxJ-XuIJ7x_XtWzaahft_mhg4LaQuipBUYaZaFdJudX1XO6jAnwt5zBksgzs9mHQLlC4OFCDgOh\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-02 at 8.52.41 AM blur.png\" width=\"499\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome viewers who were horrified by the second trimester D&amp;E abortion video said they were now convinced that abortions should only be committed in the first trimester.\u00a0 This is because the abortion industry has lied to women for decades, telling them that at that stage, their babies are just \u2018clumps of cells,\u2019\u201d said Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis new video blows that lie wide open and will shock many people by showing that first trimester babies are not \u2018clumps of cells,\u2019 but have beating hearts and developing organs at just three and a half weeks from conception,\u201d Rose continued. \u00a0\u201cTragically, that doesn\u2019t stop abortionists from using vacuums 10-20 times more powerful than a household vacuum cleaner to tear them apart alive.\u00a0 The video depicts the brutal violence first trimester abortions inflict on the tiny, fragile preborn children they destroy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"Hyperlink SCX144224556\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\/videos\/vb.49651563727\/10153940150803728\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX144224556\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX144224556\">Click here to see today\u2019s Aspiration (Suction) D&amp;C first trimester procedure video release on Facebook \u2014 and live viewer reactions.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this new video, former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino exposes the brutal nature of the first trimester aspiration (suction) D&amp;C abortion. This is the most prevalent abortion procedure in America, and is legal in all 50 states.\u00a0 Approximately 700,000 babies are killed every year in this manner.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The abortion industry has gone to great lengths to hide the brutality of this abortion by rebranding it from &#8220;suction D&amp;C abortion&#8221; to the euphemistic &#8220;aspiration abortion&#8221; to match their spa-like terminology of &#8220;gently emptying the contents of the uterus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSince the video series launched one week ago, Live Action has received requests from people in countries around the world \u2014 Ecuador, Romania, China, and others \u2014 to translate the videos into their languages. \u00a0We are seeing international demand for this truth-telling tool,\u201d said Rose.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All four videos can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\/d-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AbortionProcedures.com<\/a>.\u00a0 The videos are the first of their kind, featuring a former abortionist using medical animations to guide viewers through the four most prevalent abortion procedures.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Information presented in the videos is backed by peer-reviewed medical journals and has been developed and reviewed by practicing OB\/GYNs, medical professionals, and former abortionists.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"Hyperlink SCX125083511\" href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/press\/live-actions-new-videos-will-change-abortion-debate-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX125083511\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX125083511\">Click here for the news release for the first abortion procedure video.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conversation about abortion is changing. This doctor has performed over 1200 abortions, and now he&#8217;s revealing what actually happens during the most prevalent abortion procedure \u2014 a first trimester aspiration abortion. Posted by Live Action on Thursday, March 3, 2016 . ARLINGTON, VA (March 3, 2016) &#8212; After the first video of its Abortion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9553],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First Trimester Abortion Video | Live Action | Abortion First Trimester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"See a first trimester abortion video. 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