'Meet Baby Oliver': A Scientific Journey Into Life’s First Days

A new video released by Live Action is the sequel to the groundbreaking "Meet Baby Olivia" video that has been viewed tens of millions of times worldwide. "Meet Baby Oliver" takes viewers inside the details of the first days and weeks of a newly-conceived human being's life.

Key Takeaways:

• Live Action released "Meet Baby Olivia" in 2021, giving a never-before-seen, realistic, and medically-accurate look at prenatal development in the womb through the use of computer animation.

• Numerous states have introduced and passed prenatal education legislation for students in public schools, inspired by "Baby Olivia."

• Live Action's sequel, "Meet Baby Oliver," reveals earlier stages of human development with further scientific clarity and breathtaking detail.

A Never-Before-Seen Look at Life’s First Moments | Baby Oliver

The Details:

"Meet Baby Oliver," like "Meet Baby Olivia," takes viewers inside the first moments, days, and weeks of a human being's life, from fertilization and the formation of the zygote, to rapid cell divisions and the transition to blastocyst, implantation, and other key developmental milestones.

Live Action is again giving an unparalleled, scientifically accurate depiction of human life in the womb, allowing viewers to see and understand the remarkable complexity and humanity of the developing child at the earliest ages.

The video begins with a narrator, who says:

"Before a new human being comes into existence, there is just one egg from the mother.

And there are tens of millions of sperm cells from the father—although only one will bond with the egg.

This moment is called conception, or fertilization.

Each parent provides chromosomes — 23 from the father, and 23 from the mother. These chromosomes contain DNA, the coding that determines male or female, the color of the eyes, the texture of the hair, and countless other traits.

This is a boy named Oliver.

Oliver travels down his mother’s fallopian tube towards the uterus. His outer layer will dissolve, and he will implant in the nutrient-rich lining of the mother’s womb."

"Baby Oliver" was reviewed for accuracy by Katrina Furth, Ph.D. and Dr. Kathi A. Aultman, MD.

Live Action founder and president Lila Rose stated in a press release, "When people see the beauty of life in the womb, the humanity of the growing child, and the life that exists from the moment of fertilization, they understand that all human life has immeasurable value. Baby Oliver reveals the truth: every baby is a unique miracle, worthy of protection."

OBGYN Dr. William Lile added: 

“Just as telescopes and microscopes have revealed realities once hidden from us, modern imaging technologies now allow us to see and comprehend what was previously invisible. These technologies are not merely educational, but they are also transformative. 

The Baby Oliver video is a powerful example. Both medically and scientifically accurate, Baby Oliver illustrates the extraordinary sequence of events that occur from conception and during early human development.”

Why It Matters:

The abortion industry frequently dehumanizes preborn children, even as advances in ultrasound technology make their humanity more evident than ever before.

But "Meet Baby Olivia" has come under attack, though information in the videos was sourced using documented information from the Endowment for Human Development (EHD), a “non-profit organization dedicated to improving health science education and public health." EHD is committed to neutrality on bioethics issues and has published an award-winning prenatal development DVD using similar milestones and the same timeline for prenatal development as “Baby Olivia” and "Baby Oliver." EHD's DVD is distributed by National Geographic.

A Never Before Seen Look At Human Life In The Womb | Baby Olivia

The Bottom Line:

At the moment of fertilization, a human being who has never before existed is now living, and goes through an incredible journey before birth. "Baby Oliver," like "Baby Olivia," is going to show the world just how incredible that journey is.