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Pro-Life Ads Rejected By Student Newspapers |
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 Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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For Immediate Release
March 11, 2008
Contact: Peggy Hamill, State Director, (262) 796-1111, Cell (414) 416-0489
Or Virginia Zignego, Communications Director, (262) 796-1111, Cell (262) 370-3993
Pro-Life Ads Rejected By Student Newspapers
Demonstrating that college student newspapers are not always the bastion of free speech they pride themselves on, three newspapers have rejected an educational ad placed by Pro-Life Wisconsin.
Those three newspapers are the Marquette University Tribune, the UW-La Crosse Racquet and the UW-Stout Stoutonia.
“I was shocked when the Tribune objected to the words ‘chemical abortion’ in the ad,” said Virginia Zignego, Communications Director of Pro-Life Wisconsin. “I was further shocked when the Stoutonia said, ‘We try to stay away from controversial subjects.’ The subject of human life is not controversial, just the truth.”
The ads show a college-aged female and male, along with the words, “Emergency contraception is a powerful, high dose of steroids that tricks a woman’s body into thinking it is pregnant. These steroids can cause chemical abortions and deadly blood clots.”
The ads further encourage students to “Make smart choices the night before… that way you won’t have any emergencies to deal with the morning after!”
“This is censorship. It truly is,” said Peggy Hamill, State Director of Pro-Life Wisconsin. “When newspaper editors have a problem with the medical term ‘abortion’, there is something really wrong here.”
Unfortunately, in the past, Wisconsin college campuses have promoted so-called “emergency contraception” to students, urging them to “prepare” for spring break by stocking up on it.
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