{"id":267463,"date":"2022-05-05T12:49:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=267463"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:49:49","slug":"people-learn-change-idea-abortion-performed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/people-learn-change-idea-abortion-performed\/","title":{"rendered":"When People Learn, They Change: &#8216;I had no idea that&#8217;s how an abortion is performed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>When people learn the truth about abortion, their hearts and minds frequently begin to change from pro-choice to pro-life. Live Action&#8217;s Abortion Procedures videos have been vital in helping people learn the truth about how abortions are carried out.<\/p>\n<p>During man on the street interviews in Times Square in late 2021, multiple people were shown a Live Action video of a D&amp;E abortion procedure in which children in the second trimester are killed through dismemberment. Many individuals said they were pro-choice at the start of their interviews, but after watching the horrific animated video of the D&amp;E procedure, they changed their minds and decided they were against abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AXH33IbnXg0\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One woman being interviewed had originally said of abortion, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s up for debate [&#8230;] I feel like there&#8217;s other things that we could be focusing on right now. [&#8230;] It&#8217;s an individual&#8217;s choice. If they want to do it, they do it. If they don&#8217;t, they don&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After watching the video she had a change of heart. &#8220;Damn. I guess that&#8217;s what I could say. I think it&#8217;s \u2014 I feel like we didn&#8217;t do our research properly. I could say that about myself,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Mississippi&#8217;s Gestational Age Act restricting abortion to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy and whether abortion should be allowed after that point, she said, &#8220;I think abortion should not be allowed that late. I feel like that&#8217;s \u2014 after seeing that video I would probably say no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/watch-minds-change-abortion-thats-like-mutilation-right\/\">Watch their minds change on abortion: \u2018That\u2019s like mutilation right there\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another woman who said she was &#8220;pro-choice&#8221; watched the video and responded, &#8220;I think if that is a valid video of what really happens then that would probably change my viewpoint because it&#8217;s torture. Just torture. You&#8217;re torturing a living \u2014 I mean, I think it&#8217;s a living creature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A man who said he was okay with abortion for up to three months watched the video and said, &#8220;Just looking at that animation, I was getting sick. I really was. I had no idea that&#8217;s how an abortion is performed.&#8221;\u00a0He added that the video &#8220;repulsed&#8221; him and that it changed his mind on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>After watching the video, another woman stated, &#8220;I&#8217;m against it. Yeah, I&#8217;m completely against it. That looks too hurtful to a child. It almost broke my heart just to look at it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A man who said he was &#8220;on the fence&#8221; about abortion at the start of his interview changed his mind after watching the video. He said he would support the 15-week abortion ban, as did a woman who said she was personally pro-life. Another gentleman said the video changed his mind and now he doesn&#8217;t think abortion should ever be allowed, even in cases of a disability.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion industry has worked to hide the truth of what abortion truly is by using lies to describe preborn children with beating hearts as &#8220;tissue&#8221; and &#8220;clumps of cells.&#8221; They have also dehumanized preborn humans by referring to them only as an &#8220;embryo&#8221; or &#8220;fetus&#8221; and have steered Americans away from the reality of abortion with terminology such as &#8220;ending a pregnancy&#8221; and &#8220;reproductive rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abortion kills living, innocent human beings, and when people learn the truth about fetal development and abortion procedures, they frequently change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people learn the truth about abortion, their hearts and minds frequently begin to change from pro-choice to pro-life. 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