{"id":32919,"date":"2022-09-10T16:28:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/most-americans-ignore-undercover-planned-parenthood-videos\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T16:28:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:28:23","slug":"most-americans-ignore-undercover-planned-parenthood-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/most-americans-ignore-undercover-planned-parenthood-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans Ignore Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Bob Smietana<\/p>\n

NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 Over the past six months, a series of undercover videos focused on Planned Parenthood made national headlines, provoked outrage in Congress, and prompted investigations in about a dozen states.<\/p>\n

Still, the reaction of most Americans is, \u201cWhat videos?\u201d<\/p>\n

The videos show activists from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and Planned Parenthood officials discussing and negotiating possible payments for donated fetal remains. Leaders of the CMP say the videos show Planned Parenthood illegally selling fetal remains. Planned Parenthood denies that claim.<\/p>\n

A phone survey of 1,000 Americans from Nashville-based Lifeway Research found 7 out of 10 are either not aware of the videos (43 percent) or have not spoken out after seeing them (27 percent). Among those who are aware of the videos, relatively few spoke out against Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGiven the serious accusations against Planned Parenthood\u2014that they sold baby parts\u2014it is surprising how few Americans responded,\u201d said Ed Stetzer, executive director of Lifeway Research.<\/p>\n

The survey was completed in September, at a time the videos received renewed attention during a debate among Republican presidential candidates.<\/p>\n

Lifeway Research found that, overall, about 1 in 5 (18 percent) Americans spoke out against Planned Parenthood after the videos became public. One in 8 (12 percent) spoke in support Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

Americans who are aware of the videos disagree on how to respond. About two-thirds either didn\u2019t say anything about them or supported Planned Parenthood. Only about a third spoke out against Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe videos caught many people\u2019s attention, even prompting Hilary Clinton to call them disturbing, yet Americans remain quite divided on abortion,\u201d said Stetzer. \u201cThat division appears to be reflected even in their views on such videos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Researchers found religion plays a role in how Americans responded. Self-identified evangelicals (29 percent) and Christians (23 percent) are more likely to have criticized Planned Parenthood. Nones\u2014those who claim no religious affiliation\u2014are more likely to have supported Planned Parenthood (17 percent).<\/p>\n

Americans with evangelical beliefs (27 percent) and weekly churchgoers (also 27 percent) are more likely to speak out against Planned Parenthood than other Americans.<\/p>\n

Researchers also found regional differences in responses. About a third of Midwesterners (34 percent) are unaware of the videos. That figure jumps to about half for Americans in the South (46 percent) and West (48 percent).<\/p>\n

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Midwesterners are also most likely to have spoken out against Planned Parenthood (21 percent) as well as in support of Planned Parenthood (17 percent). Southerners (20 percent) were more likely to have spoken out against Planned Parenthood than those from the Northeast (13 percent).<\/p>\n

The largest differences in awareness of the videos occur across racial\/ethnic groups. One out of 3 whites (32 percent) are unaware of the videos, but more than 6 in 10 African Americans (60 percent), Hispanics (66 percent), and people of other ethnicities (61 percent) do not know about them.<\/p>\n

Among other findings:<\/p>\n