Abortion and condom advertising on TV at any time of day or night? That’s the debate in the UK.
There is a backlash to this idea as expressed in the article. Talk of “blushing” and “squirming.”
Well buck up, England. If you aren’t already blushing and squirming with what is on the television, then that is your first problem. Television is currently filled with all the acts that lead to the abortion clinic–let’s connect the dots, shall we? Say you’re watching Gossip Girl–a show about high school students having sex as far as I can tell–and it gets to the commercial break and there’s an ad for a pregnancy centre and an abortion clinic. Maybe you’d pause to consider what the ideas in hyper-sexualised Hollywood lead to. Sex can and frequently does lead to pregnancy–this is one of the great missing links on most television shows.
We have this quote from a pro-life advocate:
Ms. Aston, of Life, said, “Pro-life charities have no money, and pro-abortion charities have a lot. We will never be able to afford to advertise on television.”
Find the funding–there’s money out there–and create some really great ads. I’m sure it can be done.
I grant you that advertising abortion clinics would repulse me. But sex is advertised everywhere around me. Our society (advertising, the web, malls, TV shows) is well past the point of maintaining decorum and high moral standards everywhere else. So I’m sorry if I fail to get steamed about advertising on TV.
Getting back on track with regards to morals and sexuality will be a long hard road. I believe the UK has hit rock bottom. In that sense, this advertising debate is almost irrelevant.
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Even with money, pro life ads would not be aired. Recall the recent ad about the unborn child with potential and then the photo of Obama, that ad was rejected by several television networks, no secular station would show it.
The ads in bus shelters “have we gone too far?” by http://www.abortionincanada.ca – they are all being pulled because of even a single complaint by someone offended.
I called a couple of companies here in Halifax about a billboard ad for 40 Days for Life – pray to end abortion. The first two companies told me the lead time was six months and I couldn’t get this up in time. The next company I called already had an answer for me, without knowing the details. I believe one of the first called them to alert them. I was told subsequently, by a private source, that no company would allow the word abortion in an ad on a billboard.
So it is not just about money – there is a lobby out there to keep pro life silent in the public square.