In light of the U.S. Supreme
Court’s recent announcement that it would be taking up the first major abortion
case in years, the Susan B. Anthony
List, a pro-life advocacy group, announced it was launching a $2 million
television ad campaign. But, though the ad the group produced does not
contain any graphic footage, it has nonetheless been rejected by
multiple television networks.
The ad starts out by noting that, after five decades
of medical breakthroughs, "every age group has more opportunity to live — except
one. The unborn still fall victim to outdated laws.” It continues, “Science
tells us that at 15 weeks these babies have fully formed faces. They smile.
They yawn. They feel pain. It's why European countries ban late-term abortions.
In five decades, we've learned they are just like us. Isn't it time the law
reflects the science?"
S.B.A. List has frequently
pointed out that its ad is not a call to action or an attack on any politician,
but simply "a response to news that the U.S. Supreme Court will review a Mississippi law limiting abortion after 15 weeks of
pregnancy" and a celebration of the miracles of modern medicine.
Be that as it may, CMT,
owned by ViacomCBS, explained to the S.B.A. List that, though it sometimes
takes "issue-based ads," theirs was just too controversial. "While
we do accept political and issue-based ads on a case-by-case basis,
issue-oriented ads that are designed for the purpose of presenting views or
influencing legislation on issues that are controversial by general public
consensus are unacceptable," CMT said, according to the Daily Wire.
The Daily Wire also
reported that Crown Media, which owns Hallmark, informed the S.B.A. List it
rejected the ad "because it does not meet the Hallmark Channel's criteria
for the positive experience Hallmark aims to offer viewers.” Sure. Duckies and
bunnies all the time is the hallmark of the Hallmark Channel.
CBS, channeling its
inner CMT (or maybe CMT was channeling its inner CBS), told the S.B.A. List
that "Issue-oriented advertisements that are designed for the purpose of
presenting views or influencing legislation on issues that are controversial by
general public consensus are unacceptable.” Really, CBS? What is “60 Minutes”
if not an hour-long issue-oriented advertisement for progressive causes?
Some “pro-choice” groups are worried about the Court’s
decision, though it likely won’t be rendered until 2022. Nancy Northup, the President and CEO of the Center for
Reproductive Rights, said that "Alarm bells are ringing loudly about the
threat to reproductive rights.”
Note to Nancy: there is no threat to
reproductive rights. Everyone
has the right to reproduce. Everyone has the right not to, as well…by simply
not engaging in the act that was specifically designed for procreation. Don’t
want to get arrested for drunk driving? Don’t drive drunk.
Remarkably,
restrictions on the wholesale slaughter of innocent life are “controversial” to
so-called progressives and those who would aid and abet them. And still others
are unwilling to potentially lose a few bucks in revenue by upsetting the
“pro-choice” crowd, most of whom were not pro-choice as regards the
government telling individuals to stay at home, wear masks in public, or get
vaccinated.
Isn’t it
interesting/tragic that pro-life messages are “controversial” and not conducive
to a “positive experience” while we allow our cities to be burned
and looted and our children to be abused
and maimed?
Leftists are
nothing if not frauds. Everything they do is for the purpose of presenting
views and influencing legislation on controversial issues. That is their
approach to education, news, “entertainment,” and everything else.
The rest of us must
exercise our pro-choice rights by refusing to be intimidated by them.
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