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Page 6 NATION Wednesday, June 20,20 THE BATTALION Study finds condom ads not popular on TY Only three major networks now show prophylactic advertising mmmmmrn NEW YORK (AP) — A decade after Fox ran the first condom advertisement on net work television, a study has con cluded that they are not much more common on the air today. CBS and NBC have since joined Fox in allowing condom ads, yet the policies are so re strictive that prophylactic man- yfacturers do not bother making- many, said a report released Tuesday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. ABC, the WB and UPN do not allow paid condom advertis ing, according to the health-ori ented foundation. • “At first blush, it seems like an anomaly in this modern media age, when it seems to be no holds barred,” said Victoria Rideout, a Kaiser vice president. “It is surprising to see the hesi tation there is in television about condom advertising.” Both CBS and NBC changed their policies prohibit ing condom ads after they be gan showing commercials for birth control pills following the relaxation of federal rules for prescription drug advertising. A CBS executive told Kaiser that the network felt it could not justify turning down con dom ads while accepting other contraceptive commercials. Although Fox accepts con dom ads, the network limits them to the 9-10 p.m. hour, and requires them to focus on disease protection instead of pregnancy prevention. NBC only allows condom ads after 11 p.m. and requests that they not be “overly erotic.” CBS a It is surprising to see the hesitation there is in televi sion about condom advertising. ” — Victoria Rideout Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation usually keeps the ads off until at least 9 p.m., the report said. “Whether it is due to these restrictions, or for other finan cial reasons, the advertising budgets of condom companies have been so low that condom ads have been relatively rare even on those networks and af filiates willing to accept such ads,” the report said. Carter-Wallace spent $2.2 million advertising Trojan con doms in 1999 on cable TV and less than $500,000 on broadcast TV, Kaiser said. Johnson & Johnson spent $33 million that year advertising its Ortho Tri- cyclen birth control pills. Carter^ Wallace produced 10 separate condom commer cials over the past four years, “which we have used exten sively on cable television net works,” said Richard Kline, group vice president of mar keting at the company. Condom ads still cause con troversy, whether real or per ceived. UPN accepted one Trojan ad in 1998 but more than half of its af filiates refused to air it, and UPN has banned them since. ABC does not take condom ads but has run the Ortho Tri- cyclen commercials, Kaiser said. A network spokeswoman de clined comment on the study. A Fox executive told Kaiser that another problem with con dom ads is that other advertisers do not want their commercials airing near them, further limit ing the chances they wil the air. In a survey conducted I kaiser this spring, 71 percento] Vmericans said they favoredal low ing condom ads on Til About half of those peoplesL- the ads could run at anytkB''' - Jlc others say they should be[Mfjcjals a< stricted to late at night. n . ^ , in c V, . . tO CllSc 1 he survey found thatv. ‘•'f one-quarter of respondentssMropicaI Stor pose co ndoms ads onTYicwB 1 through third oppose beer advertisk»ks, but cei “This research indicates’# long-held concerns at soinet:B timclt T ( works about the impact of«f lowever ' News in Brief Sheriff resigns to keep from being imprisoned PETERSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Pike Coun ty Sheriff Jeff Clements has agreed to re sign to avoid being imprisoned while he awaits trial on five charges of rape and sexual battery. Clements, 44, said he would resign by Wednesday. He is to be placed under house arrest and wear an electronic mon itoring device under a deal worked out with a special prosecutor. Burley Scales, Clements' attorney, called the charges against his client base less and said the case boiled down to "he said and she said." Asked why Clements resigned, Scales responded, "Why fight it?" Checks sent to survivors NEW YORK (AP) — After years of liti gation, checks were sent out to thou sands of Holocaust survivors around the world Tuesday in the first reparations paid to those forced into slave labor by the Nazis. The New York-based Jewish Claims Conference sent payments of about $4,400 each to some 10,000 Jewish sur vivors in 25 countries. At the same time, checks were sent to 1 0,000 non-Jewish survivors in the Czech Republic. Pay ments to survivors in Poland were ex pected to be made June 28. Up to 1.5 million surviving slave and forced laborers — most in central and eastern Europe — are believed eligible for compensation. The Claims Conference estimates that up to 160,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors worldwide will eventually be eligible for payments from a $4.37 bil lion fund authorized by the German government to settle a series of U.S. lawsuits seeking compensation from German companies. The fund is actual ly 1 0 billion German marks and the amount in U.S. dollars fluctuates with currency values. Abortion provider files lawsuit challenging parental consent TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A new state law mandating parental con sent for minors seeking abortions has providers turning away pregnant minors unaccompanied by parents. Gov. Frank Keating signed the law' June 4. 'Tulsa-based Reproductive Services launched a challenge in fed eral court over what the clinic says are vague provisions that fail to define consent or limit potential liabilities for abortion providers. 'The one-sen tence law also lists no exemptions. Despite its opposition to the statute, Reproductive Services is turning away minors who do not have parents with them. “We feel like we have to insist on that now because of the liability this law places us in,” said Sherri Finik, the clinic’s community relations director. Reproductive Sendees performs about 200 abortions a year on minor women. Finik said the new law' is “bad for Oklahoma minors and for Oklahoma providers.” But the law’s principle author, state Rep. John Sullivan, R-Tulsa, applauded its impact. “ The abortionist representatives said this is having a chilling affect on minors having abortions,” said Sul livan, vying for the 1st Congres sional District seat being vacated by Steve Largent. “I think that was the intent of the legislation.” Oklahoma is the latest U.S. bat tleground over parental consent for minors wanting abortions. At least 42 states have passed laws that mandate some type of parental or guardian consent or notification. i u damage l 'T ;uls T Y >e ou “Tnes Count) Rideout said. y ,,Bntly being c kaiser surveyed 1JL' !i f communities randomly by telephone ^■disaster ass tween April 16-22. Themn?« ec jeral em of error is 3 percent. Bment agen (rimes Count) Bist based or ■rmation oi Biered by fee jvery officials. Bhe goverr Be in the for ■sing, low ir idi iduals anr .Most allow judges to grant ext | a ), ;e property tions or include explicit exempt | 0 y men t as for independent minors, h^Bts for expe emergencies or other condition )e storm but t But law's in 10 states were Bograms. aside or not enforced becauserResidents w did not allow judges to grant isa erassistar emptions or otherwise failedjllirg l-SOO-^ pass legal muster, accordingtc fApplicants s 1 New' York-based Center fortldress at the productive Law & Policy, write' current a< mts the clinic. 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