Broadcasting Birth Control: Mass Media and Family Planning

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173 Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. ABC (American Broadcasting Company), 132 abortifacients, 2, 145n2 “Abortion: A Look into the Illegal Abortion Racket” (Confidential File segment), 65 “Abortion and the Law” (CBS Reports segment ), 65 abortion services, 6–8; and anti-abortion movement, 50, 66, 68–75, 72, 73, 135, 140–143; and Birth Control (1917 film), 21, 21; birth control confused with, 39; and Chile, 116, 167n17; criminalization of, 14, 50, 74, 115–116, 145n2, 148n9, 167n17; and films, 14–19, 21, 21, 27–29, 97–98; and global gag rule, 10–11, 110; and international family planning movement , 10–11, 97–98, 110; and Internet, 139–144; legalization of, 46, 51, 64, 69, 135, 142, 159n78; limiting access to, 10–11, 110, 135, 140, 143; and Maude (television series), 67–69, 71, 137–138, 158n67; and Mexico, 115–116, 167n17; and Ms. magazine petition, 142–143; and murder of abortion providers, 72; in nineteenth century, 2, 14, 145n2; and Planned Parenthood, 17, 46, 50–51, 66, 69–74; and radio, 39, 50–51; and “sex pictures,” 29; and stigma/secrecy, 51, 64, 66; and television , 46, 64–74, 135, 137–138 abstinence, sexual, 25, 35, 131, 134 Academy for Educational Development (AED), 126–127 Acompáñame (Come along with Me, telenovela ), 122–123, 126, 137 adolescents and sexuality, 127, 130–137; and Internet, 139 adoption, 50 Adorno, Theodor, 4 advertising, 4, 6, 9; anti-smoking ads, 62, 64; consumer advertising, 49, 57, 61, 88, 168n28; erotic imagery in, 42; and films, 17, 20, 26; and international family planning movement, 86, 88, 107; and Mexico, 114, 117–118; and national advertising campaign, 60–64; and newspapers/ magazines, 47–48, 58; in nineteenthcentury media, 2, 12, 145n2; pharmaceutical advertising, 119, 136, 168n28; and population control movement, 47–49; and radio, 31, 34–35, 41–42; and sexuality , 127, 129, 136, 138; and television, 52–57, 60–66, 75, 118, 126, 131, 136, 138, 155n26 Advertising Council, 60–61, 63, 70, 74, 129 Advocates for Youth, 132, 135 affective storytelling, 64, 123–124, 137. See also emotional appeal Africa, 76–77, 126. See also names of individual African countries African Americans, 7, 59; and eugenics theory, 15; and Negro Project (BCFA), 55; and radio, 39; and “Talented Tenth,” 15. See also entries beginning with black agricultural development, 4, 36, 49, 88, 96; and Green Revolution, 77, 167n12; and Mexico, 112, 167n12 AIDS epidemic. See HIV/AIDS Airlie Foundation, 94–99 Alaskans, Native, 106 Alcántara, Celia, 122 alcohol use, 56, 62, 122, 138 All in the Family (television series), 67–68, 124, 158n67; and “Archie Bunker effect,” 124 Ally McBeal (television series), 132 “Almost Daylight” (radio script), 38 America (periodical), 68 American Academy of Pediatrics, 131, 133; Contraception, Sexuality, and the Media statement, 133 174 Index American Birth Control League (ABCL), 18, 30, 33, 36–37; conference of, 33; petition of, 36; and Sanger, 30, 37. See also Birth Control Federation of America (BCFA) American Cancer Society, 14 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 33 American Marconi, 31 American Medical Association, 39, 53–54 American Socialist Party, 33 American Society for the Control of Cancer , 36 Anglo-Saxon women. See white middleclass women animated cartoons, 1, 60, 89–90, 100, 127, 162n43 anti-abortion movement, 50, 66, 68–74, 140–143; campaign against so-called partial birth abortion, 72; image of feet of fetus, 74–75; images of aborted fetuses, 68, 70–74, 72, 73, 158n76, 159n78; and Internet, 140–142; and letter-writing strategy , 70, 72, 73; photo of artificial womb experiment, 70–72, 72; and sexuality, 135; and television, 135 anti–birth control, 24–25, 24 anti-imperialist critiques, 10 anti-obscenity reformers, 2, 14 anti-smoking ads, 62, 64 The Archers (radio soap opera), 112 archetypes, universal, 121 Are You Listening? (television series), 64, 65, 129, 142, 165n93 Argentina, 120, 122 arsonists, 59 Asia, 1, 76–77, 90, 126 Asociación Pro-Bienestar de la Familia Mexicana, 115 Associated Press, 141 Atlanta (Ga.), 151n56 Atlanta Constitution, 18 atomic bomb, 50 audiences, 3, 6, 9; and age factors, 30, 32–33, 35, 53; audience fatigue, 24; Depressionera , 29; and films, 14–19, 22–25, 28–29, 89, 95–96, 99–101, 104–106, 150n30, 151n42; and folk media, 101–102, 104– 106; “general public” as, 22; Hispanic audiences, 120; and India, 125–126; innovative members of, 49, 77, 160n6; and international family planning movement, 86–88, 90, 95–96, 99–102, 104–109; and Internet, 144; literacy of...