'Sickening' YouTube star couple is slammed for comparing abortion to the HOLOCAUST and branding it the world's 'most deadly killer' in 'pro-love documentary' shared with 13 million followers

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A YouTube-famous family with more than 13 million subscribers has prompted fury  after comparing abortion to the Holocaust a new 'tone-deaf' documentary released on their popular channel. 

Cole, 25, and Savannah LaBrant, 29 - a married couple who run the YouTube channel The LaBrant Fam - are facing furious backlash over a new 'pro-love documentary' video in which they compared the number of people who have had abortions to the number of people who were tragically killed during the Holocaust. 

Titled 'Abortion. (Documentary),' the 38-minute video - which was uploaded on April 9 and has been viewed more than two million times - showed them talking to doctors, professionals, and activists about what they called the 'most deadly killer' in the world - abortion.

Cole and Savannah, who have become well-known for sharing family-friendly videos of their daily lives alongside their three kids, claimed that they weren't 'pro-life' or 'pro-choice' in the new video, but insisted they were 'pro-love' instead. 

In California - the state in which the LaBrant family lives - abortion is currently legal up to 16 weeks after the start of a woman's last menstrual period. The abortion pill is offered up to ten weeks after the start of a woman's last menstrual period. 

 The YouTube-famous LaBrant family is facing severe backlash for comparing abortion to the Holocaust a new 'tone-deaf' documentary

Cole, 25, and Savannah LaBrant, 29, shared a video in which they contrasted the amount of people who have gotten abortions to the amount of people who died during the Holocaust

About one-minute into the video, the death counts from various genocides throughout history popped up on the screen as Cole discussed abortion

It then showed the death toll from the Holocaust, which is believed to be around 11 million people, before cutting to the amount of abortions that have taken place in the U.S.

The video claimed that more than 61 million people have gotten abortions in America since it was first legalized in 1973, but didn't state where the data came from

However the pair faced bitter criticism when they implied that abortion was worse than the Holocaust in the so-called documentary.

About one-minute into the video, the death counts from various genocides throughout history popped up on the screen as Cole, who wed Savannah after she had her first child, daughter Everleigh, at age 19, discussed abortion.

It listed the 1994 Rwandan genocide - which left 800,000 people dead - and the 1975-1979 Cambodian genocide - which saw 3,000,000 deaths, according to the video.

It then showed the death toll from the Holocaust, which is believed to be around 11 million people, before it cut to the amount of abortions that have taken place in the U.S. - seemingly comparing the two figures.

The video claimed that more than 61 million people have undergone abortions in America since it was first legalized in 1973, however the couple didn't state where the data came from.  

Many people furiously criticized the LaBrant family for collating the tragedy to abortion, and they took to social media to share their dismay. 

The YouTube stars claimed that they weren't 'pro-life' or 'pro-choice' in the new video, but insisted they were 'pro-love' instead

Titled 'Abortion. (Documentary),' the 38-minute video shows them talking to doctors and activists about what they called the 'most deadly killer', referring to abortion

'There's no way the LaBrant family is comparing abortion to the Holocaust,' wrote one shocked viewer. 

Another added: 'In what world did The LaBrant fam think it was OK to compare abortion and the Holocaust?'

'I’m sorry did the LaBrant fam really put out a pro life video that compared abortion to the Holocaust? It really doesn’t get much more tone deaf than that,' said someone else.

A fourth user tweeted: 'The LaBrant family is entitled to their own opinion on abortion, but you CANNOT compare abortion to the f**king Holocaust.

'It’s even more sickening that most of their viewers/fan base are literal CHILDREN.'

'What the f**k is wrong with y’all?' asked a different user, while another tweet read, 'The LaBrant family is f**king disgusting, the fact that they compared abortion to the holocaust is a absolutely obscene.'

'The LaBrant family is so - the Holocaust and abortion are two completely different and incomparable things. Literally WTF,' said another viewer. 

Others wrote that they were 'stunned' and called it 'absolutely mortifying,' with one user urging them to 'do better.' 

Viewers were quick to blast the couple over the video - with some calling them out for criticizing abortion while living an incredibly privileged lifestyle 

In response to the scrutiny, Savannah spoke out on Twitter, insisting that they 'didn't mean it in a hurtful way.'

'We didn’t mean it in a hurtful way or anything. I do understand nothing should be compared to something like the Holocaust,' she wrote.

'I didn’t go through to edit the video, Cole edits most of our videos that are uploaded. I do apologize for any hurtful things the video has done. 

'The uploading of this video was to show how we plan to help anyone going through something or thinking of an abortion and to show our view.'

She added: 'I totally do agree with you on it being presented in another way. As a mom, I’m still learning from things and I do hope to learn from this on future documentaries we do.'

According to the World Health Organization, six out of 10 of all unintended pregnancies end in abortion, and around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year.

The family faced fury on Twitter from horrified viewers, with some branding the documentary 'vile' and 'mortifying'  

In the video, Cole and Savannah insisted that 'all ad revenue made from the video will be directly donated to local pregnancy centers.' 

'Abortion has been arguably the most polarizing, heated, and controversial civil rights issue since 1973, when abortion was legalized in the U.S.,' Cole said during the doc.

'There is so much passion on either side of the topic and there seems to be no middle ground and no humane conversations.

'So much anger and so much hate. In the midst of it all, we truly believe that love is the answer.

'Instead of pro-life or pro-choice, is it possible for us to be pro-love? Is it possible for us to love the mother and the baby? Maybe the answer isn't either or, but rather, both.' 

He explained that they wanted to find a way to make a real 'difference' instead of adding 'more noise' to an 'already deafening discussion.'

In response to the scrutiny, Savannah spoke out on Twitter, insisting that they 'didn't mean it in a hurtful way'

Savannah was only 19 when she got pregnant with her first daughter, Everleigh

She and Cole have since welcomed another daughter named Posie together in 2018 and a son named Zealand together in 2020

'If one baby is saved from this - if one mom chooses to keep her baby from it it's all worth it,' he continued.

'This documentary is by no means trying to illegalize abortion, after this documentary you're still going to have a choice.'

Savannah explained that she was only 19 when she got pregnant with her first daughter, Everleigh. 

She and Cole have since welcomed another daughter named Posie together in 2018 and a son named Zealand together in 2020. They are currently expecting their fourth child.

'I remember just being so scared. I didn't know what I was going to do,' she recalled of getting pregnant at such a young age.

'I was actually in college and I was too scared to tell my family, I was too scared to tell my friends.

The couple, who has racked up more than 13 million subscribers on their joint channel called The LaBrant Fam, are currently expecting their fourth child

The pair claimed that the documentary is not 'trying to illegalize abortion,' with Cole adding that 'if one baby is saved from this it it's all worth it'

'It was just a lot for me to take in being so young. I remember being so terrified of what the future would look like, what my life was going to look like.

However, she added that having the baby was so 'worth it' in the end.

It turns out, this isn't the first time that the pair has sparked fury from their viewers. Back in 2019, they were slammed after they played a cruel prank on their then-six-year-old daughter Everleigh - pretending that they were giving their dog away and leaving her in tears. 

In honor of April Fools' Day, the couple posted a video titled 'We Have to Give Our Puppy Away... Saying Goodbye Forever.'

The 14-minute clip appeared to be a typical vlog up until the halfway point, when the camera panned to Everleigh lying face down on the couch, sobbing.

As the little girl broke down, her parents told the camera that they were getting rid of their dog Carl because they 'can't take good enough care of him.' 

After a few minutes of torture, the couple told Everleigh that it was all a prank, but she was not amused - bursting into tears again.

'Too far?' Cole then asked the camera. 

This isn't the first time that the pair has sparked fury from their viewers. Back in 2019, they were slammed after they played a cruel prank on their then-six-year-old daughter Everleigh

The couple pretended that they were giving their dog away, and the trick left Everleigh in tears

After a few minutes of torture, the couple told Everleigh that it was all a prank, but she was not amused - bursting into tears again. 'Too far?' Cole then asked the camera 

One year before that, they were slammed after they were caught pretending to be forced to evacuate their home during the California wildfires

The backlash from viewers was so fierce that they ended up disabling the comments on the video.

One year before that, they were slammed after they were caught pretending to be forced to evacuate their home during the California wildfires - which left thousands of people with no where to live.

The video began with Cole talking to his viewers, telling them there was a 'huge fire' right by the couple's house and that they 'might need to evacuate.'

Later, it showed Cole and Savannah all packed up with their necessities, before they went to pick up Everleigh from her grandmother's house. 

They told Everleigh in the vlog that they were going 'far, far away' from the fire and that she didn't have to be scared anymore. 

However, when neighbors claimed that their community was never told they had to leave their homes, many people were outraged.

There were also no mandatory evacuations listed for Ladera Ranch - where the LaBrants lived - on the National Wildfire Coordinating Group website. 

'I just think it's really sad they would exploit a situation that's as serious as a fire that so many people were evacuated from, just so they could get more likes or more hits on their channel,' a neighbor told Fox 11 at the time.