{"id":238739,"date":"2021-01-27T09:32:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=238739"},"modified":"2021-01-26T18:37:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T00:37:17","slug":"biased-study-attacks-live-actions-abortion-procedures-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/biased-study-attacks-live-actions-abortion-procedures-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion researchers try to discredit abortion pill information from pro-life groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A study from the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health has attacked Live Action’s Abortion Procedures<\/a> website along with other pro-life sites, claiming they are medically inaccurate and misleading in the information they provide regarding the abortion pill. The researchers (unsurprisingly) claimed that Planned Parenthood<\/em> \u2014\u00a0the nation’s number one abortion provider which commits 40% of the country’s abortions \u2014\u00a0presented the most accurate information.<\/p>\n

The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s student-run newspaper, publicized the findings<\/a> of the study, which examined the five most presented websites on Google for searches on the abortion pill. “Abortion is a particularly contentious and polarized topic in (the United States), and that makes it particularly susceptible to disinformation online,\u201d claimed Betsy Pleasants, the lead researcher and a first-year doctoral student. \u201cThere are a lot of organizations that have a strong presence online that are anti-abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

And yet, Pleasants would do well to realize that being “anti-abortion” does not make an organization untrustworthy on providing information about the abortion pill. In fact, it seems more logical to distrust information from organizations which directly profit from the sale of those drugs \u2014 to the tune of $200 million annually<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Planned Parenthood cartoon draws unborn baby as a dot, but here\u2019s the truth<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Pleasants, Planned Parenthood’s abortion pill information was over 80% accurate, with “factual information related to medication abortion side effects, how one can access these medications and presented that information and more, in a ‘usable format.'” Pro-life sites, however, were accused of spreading misinformation.<\/p>\n

But let’s take a look at the problems with this study. First, here’s a screenshot showing how Planned Parenthood describes the abortion pill procedure:<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood’s description of the abortion pill regimen.<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s a screenshot showing how AbortionProcedures.com describes it:<\/p>\n

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Abortion Procedures’ description of the abortion pill regimen.<\/p><\/div>\n

Clearly, the Abortion Procedures description gives more detail about how the abortion pill regimen actually functions. Yet Planned Parenthood’s vague description is considered by the study’s authors to be\u00a0more accurate<\/em>? (Maybe researchers simply disliked the use of the terms “mother” and “baby”…)<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood admits there are potential side effects<\/a> from taking the abortion pill, but repeatedly assures readers that the risks are extremely rare, and that the abortion pill is safe.<\/p>\n

Abortion Procedures likewise lays out the risks and side effects of taking the abortion pill, but without wrapping it up in fluffy language. And unlike Planned Parenthood, Abortion Procedures cites sources for its information.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, Abortion Procedures gives more information, such as the failure rates and facts about fetal development. Those facts may not encourage a woman towards abortion,\u00a0but that doesn’t make them any less factual.<\/p>\n

To see even more evidence of Planned Parenthood’s vague descriptions of what happens when a woman takes the abortion pill, see its video here<\/a>\u00a0(in which a preborn child of up to 11 weeks is depicted as a dot<\/a>), and compare to Live Action’s Abortion Procedures abortion pill video here<\/a>\u00a0along with actual photos and footage showing what preborn children look like in their first 10 weeks of life:<\/p>\n