{"id":336235,"date":"2025-08-15T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=336235"},"modified":"2025-08-15T00:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:28:56","slug":"attack-baby-olivia-lies-abortion-development-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/attack-baby-olivia-lies-abortion-development-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack on ‘Baby Olivia’ promotes lies about abortion, prenatal development, and sex ed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, a writer for the Baptist News Global (BNG) <\/span>labeled<\/span><\/a> Live Action\u2019s “Baby Olivia” video as misinformation while defending the sexualization of children under the guise of \u2018comprehensive sex education.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Takeaways:<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  • BNG defends the sexualization of children, advocating on behalf of \u2018sex-ed\u2019 curricula that promotes abortion, masturbation, pornography and transgender ideology \u2014 yet it attacks the use of a computer-animated video showing prenatal human development to students of the same age.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • BNG authors have a history of dehumanizing the pre-born and advocating for abortion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The article’s author claims preborn children do not have beating hearts early in the first trimester, which is false.<\/li>\n
  • The author also defends failed “comprehensive sex ed” curricula, slams what she terms “abstinence-only” curricula (which is a misnomer), and falsely claims abortion is used to treat ectopic pregnancies.<\/li>\n
  • Baptist News Global authors have defended abortion several times prior to the attempted discrediting of “Baby Olivia.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Background:\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Baptist News Global<\/a> (<\/span>formerly known as the <\/span>Associated Baptist Press Foundation<\/span><\/a>) claims to \u201cpursue truth through responsible journalism” while receiving a third of its funding from the self-described “progressive, inclusive, nonprofit” \u00a0<\/span>Eula Mae & John Baugh Foundation<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

    This Foundation recently made headlines for giving a nearly <\/span>$640,000 grant<\/span><\/a> to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, to fund a study on “inclusion and belonging practices” in church congregations for women and those in the “LGBTQIA+” community. <\/span>After public backlash, the funding was <\/span>returned<\/span><\/a> by the Christian college.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Problems:<\/b><\/h2>\n

    In her article bearing the ironic title,”<\/span>The attack on comprehensive sexual education, from federal law to the SBC,”\u00a0BNG author <\/span>Mallory Challis<\/span><\/a> labeled Live Action’s “<\/span>Baby Olivia<\/span><\/a>” video<\/a> (a high-resolution, medically accurate educational video showcasing prenatal human development) as “misinformation.”<\/span><\/p>\n