Radio station pulls pro-life ad following complaints from listeners

A radio station in Washington D.C. stopped running an advertisement from the pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) after it reportedly received complaints from its listeners.

The radio advertisement is a part of the $500,000 campaign launched by the SBA List to expose Planned Parenthood as America's largest abortion provider and urge Congress to redirect taxpayer funds from the organization to other qualified healthcare centers that provide more comprehensive care.

"It's a fact: Planned Parenthood is America's largest abortion business, nearly a million abortions in the last three years. Its executives were caught on tape bragging about selling baby body parts," a part of the advertisement stated.

According to the SBA List, WTOP, one of D.C.'s leading news talk radio stations, pulled the advertisement off the air on Thursday after receiving complaints from its listeners.

WTOP Senior Vice President and General Manager Joel Oxley stated in an email to The Christian Post that the radio station requested the SBA List to change one word in the advertisement. The station asked the pro-life group to replace the word "bragging" with "discussing" in order to make the advertisement sound more objective.

Oxley said that the station removed the advertisement from its spot after the SBA List declined to make the changes.

Mallory Quigley, SBA List communications director, confirmed with The Christian Post that the radio station requested the change. However, she noted that those who complained had a problem with the whole advertisement, not just the word "bragging."

"I get that they're uncomfortable with the facts. It is horrific that Planned Parenthood employees were discussing, indeed, bragging, about their role harvesting and selling body parts. That should make all of America uncomfortable with the fact that we're sending them $1.5 million a day in taxpayer dollars," said Quigley.

Planned Parenthood currently receives over half billion taxpayer dollars annually and performs 323,000 abortions each year, according to a report from Breitbart.

The U.S. Senate recently passed a budget resolution bill — the first step in the process to repeal Obamacare and redirect the abortion organization's taxpayer funding.

Many are confident that President-elect Donald Trump would sign such a bill given the promise that he made during the campaign period.