{"id":164614,"date":"2017-04-03T13:59:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T17:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=164614"},"modified":"2017-04-03T17:27:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:27:51","slug":"tear-jerking-ad-pro-life-message-unplanned-pregnancy-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tear-jerking-ad-pro-life-message-unplanned-pregnancy-going-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Tear-jerking ad with pro-life message about unplanned pregnancy going viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2017\/03\/31\/tear-jerking-ad-attracts-15-million-views-pro-life-message#.WOJWlBjGCGc.facebook\">NewsBusters<\/a>) In a world where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/katie-yoder\/2014\/10\/23\/top-10-ways-media-spin-abortion-moral-social-good\">abortion is celebrated<\/a>, one company is rebelling with a powerful message \u2013 a message that Americans can overcome their circumstances to champion life.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s going viral.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Principal Financial Group, an investment management company based in Iowa, released an ad titled \u201cGraduation.\u201d Embedded with pro-life themes, the touching commercial already boasts more than 1.5 million views.<\/p>\n<p>The video follows a man and woman as they develop a relationship, encounter a surprise pregnancy and alter their lives to keep their baby.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-filter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"player0\" class=\"video-filter video-youtube video-center vf-o9itgyhnb6m\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9iTgyHNb6M?modestbranding=0&amp;html5=1&amp;rel=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;autohide=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;enablejsapi=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLife doesn\u2019t always go according to plan,\u201d the words on the screen conclude. \u201cWe can help you plan for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, as financial news outlets recently reported, PFG\u2019s strategy is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/article\/principal-financial-pfg-on-growth-track-time-to-invest-cm768246\">paying off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, the company released an ad with another pro-life theme: adoption. That video reached more than one million views as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-filter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"player1\" class=\"video-filter video-youtube video-center vf-cq4vx51s3ao\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cq4vX51s3ao?modestbranding=0&amp;html5=1&amp;rel=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;autohide=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;enablejsapi=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-filter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2017\/03\/31\/tear-jerking-ad-attracts-15-million-views-pro-life-message#.WOJWlBjGCGc.facebook\">NewsBusters<\/a> on March 31, 2017, and is reprinted here with permission.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsBusters) In a world where abortion is celebrated, one company is rebelling with a powerful message \u2013 a message that Americans can overcome their circumstances to champion life. 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