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From: paulh@tektronix.UUCP (Paul Hoefling)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.singles,net.women
Subject: Re: Information on contraceptives
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 20:07:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 20:07:07 1985
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> 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,
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Paul Hoefling
Information Pack Rat
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