FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2008
CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan, (866) FRC-NEWS
FRC Action
PAC Launches TV, Radio Ad Campaign on Obama's Radical Pro-Abortion Views
Washington, D.C. - Today, FRC Action PAC announced an
initial $100,000 TV and radio ad campaign in key battleground states
aimed at educating voters on Senator Barack Obama's promise to make the
radical "Freedom of Choice Act" his top priority as President. The
"Freedom of Choice Act" will overturn virtually all federal and state
limitations on abortion. The ad campaign is a response to the Matthew
25 initiative, which sought to mislead voters and downplay Obama's
extreme pro-abortion views. The initial TV and radio ad buy will run
this week in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Michigan, with
additional television commercials airing in the Washington, D.C.
market. The radio ads will target Christian radio stations that earlier
this year carried the Matthew 25 campaign.
FRC Action PAC President Tony Perkins had this to say:
"Senator Barack Obama has done his best to hide his radical views from
voters. Four times as an Illinois legislator, he voted against laws
that would have ensured equal medical care for babies that survive an
abortion attempt. At the Saddleback forum, he stated that when to
protect a baby's life is 'above his paygrade.'
"Last year, when he addressed Planned Parenthood he declared that his
'first act' as President would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act
(FOCA) into law. This ad campaign will spotlight Senator Obama's
radical pledge to Planned Parenthood.
"The FOCA Act would make partial-birth abortion legal again, repeal all
parental notice laws on abortion, provide unlimited tax funding of
abortion. For most Americans, these issues are settled but not for
Senator Obama."
To view the ad, go to www.frcactionpac.org or www.frcaction.org
Background documentation on the "Freedom of Choice Act" can be accessed
at http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS08G02