{"id":7403,"date":"2011-10-25T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2013-04-01T18:27:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T22:27:01","slug":"pro-life-activists-make-this-video-go-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-activists-make-this-video-go-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life activists: make this video go viral!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I just watched an abortion-related video that is unlike anything I\u2019ve ever seen on YouTube. It\u2019s very professionally done, and it\u2019s from a channel called \u201cFact Not Opinion.\u201d<\/a> It shows a scene of an abortionist in a counseling session with a young woman who wants RU-486. But this counseling session is very unlike the dishonest marketing and misinformation that was shown during Live Action\u2019s Rosa Acuna sting<\/a>. This is what would happen if an honest abortionist told a woman the truth about her embryo and what RU-486 would do to both her and her child. I\u2019m sure pro-choice people will cry \u201cpropaganda\u201d when they see this video, but there\u2019s a documented medical citation for every single sentence the abortionist utters!<\/p>\n

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The YouTube channel is hosted by a nonprofit organization called the Human Development Resource Council. According to their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We are a trusted provider of facts, not opinion. HDRC RESOURCES ARE 100% EVIDENCED BASED WITH MEDICAL CITATIONS FOR EVERY STATEMENT. Others may claim “facts” and “medical accuracy” without access to their sources. Our bibliographies only include current medical text books or peer reviewed journals and are always available on this site.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the way, based on their website, they\u2019re not a pro-life organization! (You don\u2019t even see what decision the girl makes at the end.) It\u2019s an educational organization that did their research, and when they made a video talking about abortion, it will come across to many as a pro-life video, because we have the facts on our side.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So here\u2019s my idea.<\/strong> What if whenever a pregnant girl searched for \u201cabortion pill\u201d in YouTube<\/a>, this video was the first one that showed up? It should, since it\u2019s the only one that is unbiased and 100% medically accurate. The first video that shows up in that search right now is a Planned Parenthood video about the abortion pill, and it has over 114,000 views.<\/p>\n

We can beat that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Planned Parenthood video spends a lot of time discussing the procedure, but tips its hand by showing only women that were very happy about the procedure afterwards, and of course, no one had a complication. Compare that to Abby Johnson\u2019s testimony of taking RU-486<\/a> that included heavy bleeding, excruciating cramps, nausea and blood clots for eight weeks<\/em>!<\/p>\n

In contrast, the HDRC video offers facts only, and no opinions. That\u2019s the kind of video an abortion-minded girl should watch, not a carefully produced advertisement to trust Planned Parenthood for accurate information.<\/p>\n

I did some research on making a video go viral, and it takes more than just views, although views are one of the more important factors in YouTube’s ranking algorithm. The other contributing factors are:<\/p>\n