Anti-abortion film denied commercial airtime on every network but Fox News

Lifetime, Hallmark Channel, HGTV and several other cable networks are refusing to air a commercial for the anti-abortion film Unplanned, writes The Hollywood Reporter. Fox News is the only mainstream network to allow the ad airtime.

Lifetime and several networks owned by Discovery opted not to run commercials for the film due to the "sensitive nature" of the movie, per the Reporter.

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Marianne Dodson

Marianne is The Week’s Social Media Editor. She is a native Tennessean and recent graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism and political science. Marianne has previously written for The Daily Beast, The Crime Report, and The Moroccan Times.