After weeks of furor, public sees Tebow ad
Allie Martin - OneNewsNow - 2/8/2010 7:40:00 AM
Focus on the Family revealed beforehand that the ad would feature Tebow and his mother, Pam, who gave birth to him in 1987 after rejecting a doctor's advice to have an abortion for medical reasons. But if abortion rights groups hadn't protested, you might never have known what the ad was about.
The closest it comes to mentioning abortion is when Pam Tebow says, "I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn't make it into this world. I can remember so many times when I almost lost him." Tim Tebow then bursts in and tackles his mom, who responds that she's tougher than he is.
Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, says the ad opened a "national conversation" about abortion. "We're grateful for the opportunity for a pro-life message to find its way into the Super Bowl [ad lineup], and it was clearly a bright spot in the evening," says Nance. "Concerned Women for America's half-million members welcomed the opportunity to have the national discussion.
"That's really, I think, the best part of this whole issue....[I]t opened up the national conversation about the issue of abortion and the issue of keeping your child despite difficult circumstances," says the pro-family spokeswoman.
The ad ends by directing viewers to Focus on the Family's website, which features an interview with Pam and Bob Tebow in which they share the story of how their famous son came into the world.
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