According to the pro-life group Live Action, the search engine Google canceled its advertisements for abortion pill reversal services. The act is further evidence of Google’s pro-abortion biases, a leading pro-life activist tells CNA.
“In a dramatic and unprecedented move, Google has sided squarely with extremist pro-abortion political ideology, banning the pro-life counterpoint and life-saving information from being promoted on their platform,” Live Action founder Lila Rose told CNA in a statement.
Rose said that Google was no longer “hiding their bias,” and that the censorship of the advertisements “baldly reveals that the corporation is in the pocket of the abortion industry.”
On Sept. 13, Rose said, Google “disapproved” all of Live Action’s advertisements for abortion pill reversal, claiming they were “unreliable” and contained false information. The advertisements had been running for over four months and had previously been approved by Google, she said.
Rose disputed Google’s label of “unreliable claims,” noting that the abortion pill reversal regimen uses progesterone treatment that has been FDA-approved to prevent miscarriages.
A chemical or medication abortion is a two-step process that involves the ingestion of two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. The first drug, mifepristone, effectively starves the unborn baby by blocking the effects of the hormone progesterone. The second drug, misoprostol, is taken up to two days later, and induces labor to expel the body of the deceased baby.
Chemical abortions can be reversed after a woman takes mifepristone, but before she takes misoprostol, although this action must be taken quickly. Live Action advertised a hotline for women seeking to potentially reverse the first step of a chemical abortion, with a physician available to help.
If an ultrasound confirms the unborn baby is still viable, the mother is given a large dose of progesterone to reverse the effects of mifepristone, with additional doses of progesterone needed throughout the first trimester.
Each woman who undergoes an attempt to reverse her abortion is also referred to a help center for support throughout the remainder of her pregnancy.
In 2019, Andrea Trudden, the director of communications and marketing for Heartbeat International – which markets the abortion pill reversal hotline – told CNA of an estimated “64-68 percent success rate” for women who contact the hotline seeking to reverse their abortions.
Full story at Catholic World Report.
The Culture of Death never sleeps and there is no end to their hatred of what is good.
“Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good” – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Oh, how sad! Shame on immoral, leftist Google! They wouldn’t even try to offer their internet service to help save a human life! Poor little babies! Shame on Google!
It’s a private company. It can accept or reject whatever ads it wants for any reason or even for no reason. Lila Rose doesn’t have a right to force Google to buy her ads. Lila Rose is wrong. Should your parish bulletin be forced to run an ad for Planned Parenthood? Of course not. This post will probably get lots of thumbs down from people who are emotional instead of rational.
Fairness– Well, the media– particularly, the Internet– is mostly leftist-biased, immoral, and it publishes immoral and obscene material, is irresponsible about protecting children and teens from immorality and dangers of them getting “hooked” into sex trafficking, drugs, and other dangers.
My post of Sept. 17 at 1:29am was edited. I just meant to also say, that almost none of today’s media responsibly serves good people who live by Christian Morality. The media of today, no longer abides by good, professional Codes of Ethics. They all irresponsibly fail to serve and uphold the true good of society. They are deviant, and cater to darkness, immorality, and evil.
Fairness– Surely you know, that any endeavor in our society must be done with integrity and good morals. Every business, school, university, church, social service, medical practice, library, or other institution in our society, must operate by a good Code of Ethics. That is how our society once was, before the filthy 1960s “hippie” era. So-called “fairness” to immoral people and “fairness” to criminals– must always and forever be prohibited by law. That is the entire problem with the Internet– it has no Code of Ethics, and primarily serves Evil. Very destructive to our society.
Fair, so you also believe that Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker, should not have to make a “gay wedding” cake, correct?
(Or, the gender-changing celebration, Satanic or any other issues he’s been persecuted for at his bakery by declining to provide such cakes.)
I’m glad we agree about that and that florists shouldn’t be required to provide flowers for “gay weddings,” nor should photographers be required to promote such events.
After all, they’re private businesses and shouldn’t be forced to promote, like ads do, things with which they disagree.
That said, the airwaves (unlike newspapers) are regulated as they’re considered part of the public domain. They allegedly have a “fairness doctrine.”
Is Google like that, part of the public square?
If not, let’s start using other search engines.
Fairness, Google is a secular outfit and can publish or not publish whatever it chooses. . The parish bulletin is a Catholic document and has every right not to publish a PP ad. Stop equating apples and oranges. They are fruit, but not the same.
You just contradicted yourself Reasonable. Both secular organizations and religious ones have the right to publish whatever they choose (except they are both subject to libel and other laws that limit their first amendment rights)
Loved their excellent “Baby Olivia” video, and had previously loved sharing this with people, and emailing it to family and friends. But Google banned that wonderful video, too.
One door closes; another one opens.
One soul dies, no other can replace it.
yeah, the door to hell
Feeling a little misunderstood. I meant the pro-life groups will find a place that will accept their ads.
I was looking for Christian or Catholic search engines and I found one called MindonJesus but when I search for California Catholic Daily, it did not have it.
Recently, it was reported in the news, that the new NY Governor, Kathy Hochul, strongly requested of Mark Zuckerberg, to ban all Pro-Life material from Facebook.
The point is that Live Action’s ads work and death peddlers hate that some babies are saved from abortion.
In typical leftist fashion, they silence their opposition.
It’s about more than private vs. public companies, it’s about good vs evil philosophies.
God is pro-life. Trust Him.
Recently, members of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus sent a letter to the Google CEO, protesting Google’s ban on pro-life ads and material, and demanding a reversal of the ban.
If you read Archbishop Viganò he explains that Globalists are in truth Luciferians. Suck on that one for a while Peronistas.
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I don’t even know what those words mean.
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I don’t even know what those words mean.”
ask the man from buenos aires