On February 2, 2020, the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. Even more than football, though, the Super Bowl is known for its elaborate commercials that cost millions of dollars to produce and broadcast. This year’s advertising lineup included a controversial commercial that featured — of all things — drag queens eating hummus. You would think that a network willing to air something like that would be willing to sell ad space to anyone with money to spend, right? Apparently not.
Fox refused to air a Super Bowl ad featuring abortion survivors — men and women who were nearly killed in legal abortions before they were born. You can still watch the ad online by searching for “Faces of Choice.” It’s just 30-seconds of abortion survivors looking into a camera and asking questions, like, “Can you tell me that I didn’t deserve to survive?”
Apparently Fox is worried that asking questions about abortion might upset some viewers, but there’s nothing wrong with drag queens parading around onscreen. Go figure.
Reprinted from Family Council’s March, 2020, update letter.
