“"But even today, his mother could choose to have an abortion,” the advertisement continues. The ad says that Roe v. Wade legalized abortion “for virtually any reason” through all nine months of pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood’s Golden Gate chapter has begun an e-mail campaign to have the radio spots taken off the air, according to LifeSite News. One e-mail read, “They're running ads in the Bay Area, Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C., that tout lies and contain gross inaccuracies and pro-choice activists throughout the Bay Area are asking us to do something about it.”
The e-mail then suggests readers write to the stations airing the campaign, asserting the stations are unethical for playing the spots.
Yet Planned Parenthood seems to use a different set of standards for its own advertisements. The group most recently made headlines for its outrageous "Mile High Club" television ads, which featured a gay flight attendant named Stephen who cruises the aisles, showering young passengers with contraceptives. With the lights dimmed and party music blaring, he sits on the pilot's lap, as the camera zooms out, the two exchange winks.
Second Look Campaign spokeswoman Deirdre McQuade told LifeSite News that past efforts to have the Second Look ads pulled were successful in Seattle in 2007. However, she also noted that the present effort to stop the campaign would have no immediate effect, because the radio campaign had already ended.
McQuade suggested that people write in to support the stations that ran the advertisements. "I think the best thing to do is to call or write to those same two radio stations (KCBS & KFRC) and just very pleasantly thank them. No need for being defensive or strident or anything,” she said.
