What Would You Say #forced-birth mediamatters.org

TikTok’s search engine is promoting anti-abortion propaganda when users search for information about medication abortions.

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A Media Matters analysis found that searching for the terms “medical abortion,” “medication abortion,” and “mifepristone” (a drug used for the medical termination of pregnancy) on TikTok returns — as the top result — a video seemingly attempting to deter women from obtaining a medication abortion by misleading about what's likely to happen during the experience

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“What many women aren’t told when they obtain these pills is that they are very likely to see their deceased baby during this process, and he or she will not simply look like a clump of tissue,” says the narrator of the video.

"What many women aren’t told when they obtain these pills is that they are very likely to see their deceased baby during this process, and he or she will not simply look like a clump of tissue, At 10 weeks of pregnancy […] a developing baby is typically the size of a grape. At this stage of the development, the baby has visible arms, legs, and eyes, which are clearly recognizable. [fake anecdote] Full video at WhatWouldYouSay.com"

The TikTok video comes from What Would You Say, a right-wing Christian organization that, per its YouTube channel, creates animated content that provides “quick answers to hard questions about gender, race, identity, equality, justice, and more.”

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