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From: wallace@ucbvax.ARPA (David E. Wallace)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Information on contraceptives
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Date: Sat, 7-Sep-85 01:39:40 EDT
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There was an article about this in the paper here a couple of weeks ago.
As I understand it, the networks decided not to air the spot as a public
service announcement (i.e., for free) because it was "too controversial."
They left the door open to airing it at the usual commercial rates, but the
physicians group that sponsored it declined to pay for this (and may well
not have had the bucks to do so).  I still disagree with the networks'
decision, but this at least makes it somewhat more comprehesible to me.

Dave Wallace	(...!ucbvax!wallace		wallace@ucbkim.berkeley.edu)