WASHINGTON, December 7, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A political advertisement is scheduled to air this week in Iowa that features images of the bodies of unborn abortion victims, and tells Catholics that voting for a pro-abortion candidate, such as President Obama, is a sin of formal cooperation with abortion.
FCC-licensed TV stations are required by law to run the ads of federal candidates within the 45-day window of any primary election or caucus in a given state.
“Catholic voters, listen closely: John Paul II told us plainly that abortion is murder,” narrates pro-life activist Randall Terry, who is running for president on the Democrat ticket. “He also told us that we must never formally cooperate with the evil of abortion. And he warned us that we must never promote the killing of babies by abortion with our vote.”
The narration is backed by multiple graphic images of babies murdered by abortion at various ages.
According to a campaign press release, the ad will run on every TV station in Iowa and the five state regions that surrounds Iowa (Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, and Minnesota). The ad will run on at least one news broadcast per station.
“In 2008, 55% of Catholics voted for Obama, despite the fact that he openly supported the murder of babies. We will run these ads throughout the country, hoping to create a crisis of conscience with those voters,” said Terry in the release. “If 7% – 8% of those Catholics will ‘mend their ways’ and refuse to vote for Obama in the general election of 2012, I could cause his defeat in the swing states, and help deny him the White House.”
The campaign said that after Iowa the ads will focus on New Hampshire and Boston; the campaign will also run Super Bowl Ads in local markets. As long as the Super Bowl airs within the 45-day window of a given primary, the stations are required by law to run the ad.