Word: whdh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...portrays an abortionist. "The Benefactors" is frank about the extent to which abortion has become a problem in this country, and it must have scandalized a lot of people. A lot, that is, except the people in Massachusetts, who were not given a chance to be scandalized--thanks to WHDH, the local CBS affiliate station...
...Worried WHDH officials saw the film at a closed-circuit preview and decided that it was "needlessly offensive" for Massachusetts audiences, even though the National Association of Broadcasters had said that "The Benefactors" did not violate its code...
...network TV program, championing the case for legalized abortion, will not be broadcast by WHDH, Boston's local CBS channel. In announcing its decision not to carry the episode of the weekly "Defenders" series, WHDH called it "needlessly offensive to a substantial segment of the audience...
...WHDH action probably makes it the first local outlet to refuse the show. Earlier CBS reported that no station had cancelled it although two or three had indicated reservations about carrying it. The usual three sponsors of the show withdrew their support last week but another company has agreed to carry the production...
...statement the TV station claimed, "WHDH-TV does not shun controversial issues. It cannot condone a fictional dramatic program which, under the guise of entertainment, tries to create sympathy for, and portrays as 'dedicated and highly-principled,' the actions of a doctor in a course of criminal conduct condemned by the laws of every one of the 50 states and the federal government...