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Aborted Fetuses: The Awkward Guests at Your Super Bowl Party
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/aborted-fetuses-randall-terry-super-bowlSeth Carlson/Flickr
Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry has been running graphic ads of aborted fetuses in key primary states, as my colleague Tim Murphy has reported. Now the gruesome ads are coming to the Super Bowl.
Nothing says "pass the dip" like a bloody fetus. Normally, Terry wouldn't be able to get these kinds of ads on television. So he's launching a non-serious campaign for president (running as a Democratic challenger to President Obama) in order to exploit a loophole in Federal Communications Commission rules that requires station to run campaign ads in the weeks ahead of a primary electionno matter how grisly they might be. In the 45 days ahead of a primary and 60 days ahead of a general election, candidates for federal office can run whatever they want on local stations, as long as they pay for the airtime.
Yes, the FCC can try to fine you a half-million dollars for a "wardrobe malfunction," but bundles of bloody body parts is A-okay.
Terry can't, however, force the networks to run his ads nationally, as Jezebel points out. So if you live in a state that doesn't have a primary within 45 days of the Superbowl, you can enjoy your nachos without looking at fetal body parts. (Which, it's probably worth pointing out, are from late-term abortions; the vast majority of abortions take place in the first trimester.) But if you live in a Super Tuesday state or any of the others voting in February or early March, be prepared. The Greeley Gazette writes that Terry and his group have ads "ready to go" in 40 markets.
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Aborted Fetuses: The Awkward Guests at Your Super Bowl Party (Original Post)
xchrom
Feb 2012
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I love the fact that terry has been turned down in some markets, and is screaming about it.
niyad
Feb 2012
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niyad
(113,532 posts)1. I love the fact that terry has been turned down in some markets, and is screaming about it.
HOW, exactly, does the woman-hating, pro-forced birth contingent GET these images of aborted feti? do they have cameras in surgical suites? isn't that illegal? or are people violating laws about medical privacy and getting away with it?
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)5. They are still showing people those same old 30 or 40 year old photos.
They have only 2 or 3 of them. They keep trying to pretend that they are current photos.
They probably aren't even from an induced abortion, I bet.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)2. The shock and awe exploitation route..touch down. Sick man. n/t
Recommend.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)3. This will create a backlash far bigger than Komen
New York, California, Illinois?
baldguy
(36,649 posts)4. This is like allowing bin Laden airtime to express his views on US foreign policy.
Randall Terry is a fucking terrorist. He should be in prison.
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)6. No one has said that abortion is pretty..
but there are plenty of reasons why it would be necessary.