{"id":167665,"date":"2016-07-26T17:33:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/?p=15869"},"modified":"2016-07-26T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T21:33:16","slug":"live-action-exposes-late-term-abortion-procedure-planned-parenthood-is-advocating-at-democratic-convention-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-action-exposes-late-term-abortion-procedure-planned-parenthood-is-advocating-at-democratic-convention-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Action exposes late-term abortion procedure Planned Parenthood is advocating at Democratic convention [ VIDEO ]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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** VIDEO: \u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\/videos\/10154334279233728\/<\/a><\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, VA (July 26, 2016<\/span><\/span>) — As Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention today, national pro-life organization Live Action released a new video<\/a> that exposes the cruel late-term abortion procedure Planned Parenthood and its political allies advocate using to end the lives of fully developed preborn children.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood has consistently fought state and federal restrictions on late-term abortions and lobbies for abortion into the ninth month of pregnancy, up until the moment of birth.\u00a0 Many of the nation’s political leaders fully support its efforts.<\/p>\n

In Live Action\u2019s new four-minute Third Trimester Induction Abortion video<\/a>, former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino uses medical animations to show how an abortion in the last trimester is done: \u00a0with a long needle thrust into the baby or the amniotic sac to deliver a lethal dose of digoxin to cause cardiac arrest.\u00a0 At 25 weeks, the baby is fully developed, can usually survive outside of the womb, and can feel the pain of the long needle being thrust into her brain or heart.<\/p>\n

Federal law makes it legal to abort babies into the ninth month.\u00a0 While some states have restrictions, all states allow abortion into the ninth month for certain exceptions, and eight states allow abortion until birth for any reason (Colorado, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington State).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the abortion industry claims that late-term abortions are an insignificant number of abortions and they\u2019re only done because of a disability the baby has or to protect the life of the mother, the evidence says just the opposite,\u201d said Lila Rose, Live Action\u2019s president and founder.<\/p>\n

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2012 that 1.3 percent of abortions were committed at 21 weeks’ gestation and later. \u00a0\u201cWith nearly one million abortions annually in the U.S., abortionists are killing close to 13,000 children every year who are often fully developed and can survive outside the womb.\u00a0 Instead of making their mark on the world, these children’s lives are brutally cut short during a violent late-term abortion,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n

Additionally, research published by the Guttmacher Institute<\/a> found that most late-term abortions were not done for medical reasons — abortions for fetal abnormalities \u2018make up a small minority\u2019 of late-term abortions, and those for saving the mother\u2019s life are even a smaller number.<\/p>\n

Rose continued, \u201cThe abortion industry denies the science of fetal development and continues to advocate for aborting fully developed, viable children who can feel the pain of the abortionist\u2019s needle that\u2019s used to kill them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Cecile Richards speaks at the Democratic National Convention, America sees Planned Parenthood\u2019s extremist and cruel agenda on display.\u00a0 Cecile Richards tries to cover up the abortion agenda with euphemisms like \u2018women\u2019s health care\u2019 and \u2018reproductive rights,\u2019 but Live Action developed this video to strip away the flowery language and force our nation\u2019s leaders — regardless of party — to see the inhumanity and barbarism that Planned Parenthood is really advocating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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