Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!paulh From: paulh@tektronix.UUCP (Paul Hoefling) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.singles,net.women Subject: Re: Information on contraceptives Message-ID: <5596@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 20:07:07 EDT Article-I.D.: tektroni.5596 Posted: Thu Aug 15 20:07:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 07:34:01 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 61 Xref: watmath net.kids:1664 net.singles:8741 net.women:6941 > Howard Rosenberg Article from LA Times, Aug. 7, 1985 > "CONTRACEPTIVE ISSUE: NETWORKS ON THE SPOT" > > "Welcome to the 19th Century. > "ABC, CBS and NBC--whose entertainment programs routinely glamorize casual > sex--are refusing to air a public-service message aimed at reducing unin- > tended pregnancies and curbing abortions. ... stuff edited out... > Rather than go in to my opinions here, I'm going to mail them to the > networks involved. For those who would like to do likewise: > > CBS, INC. > Commercial Clearance Department > 51 West 52nd Street > New York, NY 10019 > > NBC, INC > Traffic Department > 30 Rockerfeller Plaza > New York, NY 10112 > > ABC, INC > Broadcast Standards and Practices > 2040 Avenue of the Stars > Century City, CA 90067 Here is the letter I have sent to the three network addresses above, anyone who wishes to make a copy of this and put their own name on it is more than welcome to do so. Thanks, Adrienne, for posting this. =================================================== Gentlebeings: I have recently read that you are refusing to run a Public Service Announcement from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists which promotes information about contraception. THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE ! Given the amount of implied sex and innuendo that can be found on television, and the rising rate of teen-age pregnancy, such a message is vital. For you to refuse to run such a spot on the grounds that is it 'controversial' is an inexcusable situation. Jerry Falwell does not speak for all of the American public, nor does the "Right to Life" movement. I cannot urge you strongly enough to reconsider and run this announcement. Sincerely, =================================================== -- Paul Hoefling Information Pack Rat uucp: {allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax,zehntel}!tektronix!paulh