CNN has joined NBC in refusing to air an advertisement that marks the significance of the pro-life decision made by President Obama's mother and asks what would have happened had he been the victim of abortion.

WND reported when NBC refused to air the ad during its Super Bowl lineup, even though the video image has rocketed in popularity, with hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube.

It is embedded here:

The ad, sponsored by the pro-life Catholic group Fidelis and its CatholicVote website, begins with an ultrasound image of a baby moving in his mother's womb.

"This child's future is a broken home," it says.

"He will be abandoned by his father."

"His single mother will struggle to raise him."

"Despite the hardships, he will endure," the ad states. "This child will become the first African American president."

It features a photo of President Obama and concludes, "Life. Imagine the potential."

Now CNN has refused to air the ad in a time slot linked to Obama's coming State of the Union address, Fidelis said.

CNN, which did not respond to a WND request for comment, alleged the ad suggests a position in favor of a message without having permission of the persons involved, according to Fidelis.

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"This is absurd," said Fidelis spokesman Brian Burch. "Our ad does not suggest that Barack Obama is pro-life. Instead, we make the obvious point that Obama's mother gave birth to a child that ultimately became the first African American President. This is a fact, not an opinion."

He pointed out that CNN used a different standard when it aired an ad from 2005 sponsored by the pro-abortion NARAL that suggested then-Judge John Roberts, now the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, supported violence against abortion clinics.

Fidelis noted online "fact" groups labeled the ad "false" for linking Roberts to the violence against abortion clinics.

"Several prominent pro-abortion supporters condemned the ad, including President Clinton's Solicitor General Walter Dellinger. The commercial, which attributed views to John Roberts that were not his, was ultimately pulled from the air not by CNN, but by NARAL," Fidelis said.

At that time, CNN said it, "accepts advocacy advertising from responsible groups from across the political spectrum who wish to express their views and their opinions about issues of public importance, so the viewers can further research claims made within the ads."

Burch said, "CNN is willing to run ads insinuating that a federal judge supports violent criminal activity, but it won't allow an ad celebrating the life of Barack Obama. It's a double standard from bizarro world."

In an e-mail to CatholicVote.org, Kathy Christianson of CNN's Commercial Clearance Department announced the company was refusing the ad.

"CNN doesn't accept advocacy ads that portray personal decisions in a manner that suggests a position in favor of the advocacy message, without having permission of the persons involved. CNN is not accepting this particular advocacy ad because it deals with a highly personal and private matter and does so without the consent of those involved."

Nonsense, Burch said. "There is nothing objectionable in this positive, life-affirming advertisement. We never mention the word abortion. We show an ultrasound of a baby. And we congratulate Barack Obama on becoming the first African-American President. And we simply ask people to imagine the potential of each human life."

 

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