Tim Tebow’s Super Bowl ad, which is expected to convey an anti-abortion message and is funded by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, has generated controversy and drawn protests from women’s groups. One high power attorney has even alleged that the ad may be based on a falsehood, although the veracity of the claim is not certain.
Planned Parenthood released an ad today with former Viking Sean James and Olympic gold medalist Al Joyner. In the ad, the athletes say they “respect Ms. Tebow’s decision” not to have an abortion when she was pregnant with her son Tim, but they are also “working toward the day where… every woman’s decision about her health and her family will be respected.” Scroll down to watch the video.
From The Huffington Post
Here are my thoughts. Politics and sports do not mix and this ad is going to sink Tebow’s already low and dwindling stock as a football player. Terrible decision by him, his family, agent and everyone around him.
This article I read by Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America is also very good and sheds light on the deeper issue that the ad Mrs. Tebow and her son have decided take part in. “Women’s Health–Always a Political Football”
The very idea that a woman can stand in front of a camera and defend the same concept that she herself is trying to take away is baffling to me. It was Mrs. Tebow’s decision to carry her son to term, which was a decision she made openly and freely as a woman. So the idea that she supports an organization that is trying to eliminate the right of a woman to make the same or a different decision is not only confusing but it’s sad and disappointing.
But don’t let the concept be lost on anyone who reads this or watches this ad on Sunday. If Mrs. Tebow was allowed the right to choose…why would she stand in the way of another woman’s right to do the same? #imjustsaying
