\nSigh.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nYes, I’m doing it again.\u00a0 I’m talking about that Focus on the Family commercial<\/a> in another roundup.\u00a0 I can’t resist.\u00a0 So many people have such good points to make.\n<\/p>\n \nOf course you all know about writers like our own wonderful Amanda Marcotte<\/a> who are aptly pointing that the FOF add is actually celebrating choice <\/em>rather than arguing against it.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \nSo today, a small roundup of men’s reaction to the ad.\n<\/p>\n \nJohnathan Capeheart of the Washington Post<\/a> writes:\n<\/p>\n \n\tDid you catch that? Ms. Tebow was presented with a choice.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\tShe was a missionary in the Philippines when she was stricken with \tFocus on the Family is touting Ms. Tebow’s right to choose while \nYael T. Abouhalkah, wrting at the Kansas City Star<\/a>, agrees.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe anti-abortion group Focus on the Family thinks the Tebows have a message to sell:\n\t<\/p>\n \n\tThat Pam Tebow was told in 1987 to abort her baby because it might \n\tPro-choice opponents of the ad claim the ad will send the message to \n\tThe facts behind the ad send a different message to me.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\tThey say that Tebow’s mom had a choice and she made it: She decided not<\/em> to get an abortion.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\tAs long as women have the right to make that choice, the men and women who think abortions should be legal ought to relax.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \nFinally, as Minnesota blogger Jeff Fecke<\/a> points out the biggest glossed over fact in the FOF narrative: if Tebow’s mother had actually had the abortion, it would have been illegal.\n<\/p>\n \n\tYou see, while Pam Tebow may have been advised by doctors to seek an \n\t\u201cWell,\u201d you say, \u201cthis is different. I mean, her life was in jeopardy, so obviously, that was legal.\u201d Au contraire<\/em>. \n\tNow, that doesn\u2019t mean Pam Tebow is lying. There are about 470,000 abortions<\/a> \n\tBut this is an important part of the story that Pam and Tim Tebow \n\tUnderstand, I don\u2019t begrudge Pam Tebow if she would have made that choice freely. The whole point of pro-choice<\/em> \n\tBut doubtless, there are Filipinas who even today are in the same \n\tUltimately, Pam and Tim Tebow want to limit the right of women to \nI guess there was only so much that could be covered in 30 seconds.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nMini Roundup:<\/strong><\/em> Anti-abortion groups are claiming every Obama appointment is a "radical fringe activist<\/a>" picked to create a pro-abortion, incompetent government.\u00a0 Meanwhile, former President George W. Bush<\/a> is being invited to speak at their pro-life rallies.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nJanuary 27, 2010 \nFord \nAbortion \nTeen \nColumnist: \nUS \nHaitian \nThe \nTim \nDemocrats \nLetter \nNational \nPro-Life<\/span> \nObama \nTim \nBush \nTeen \nDeath \nUS\n
\n\tamoebic dysentery. Doctors feared for her life and urged her to abort
\n\ther fetus. That she would give birth to a son who would become the first underclassman to win the coveted Heisman Trophy<\/a>
\n\tis wonderful. Also wonderful is that Ms. Tebow was able to make an
\n\tinformed decision. Her doctors weren’t muzzled by far-right zealots who
\n\twant women to carry their pregnancies to term no matter what. And she
\n\twasn’t forced by those doctors to end her pregnancy.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\ttrying to deny the same opportunity — the same right — to other
\n\twomen. \n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\n\tbe stillborn, she didn’t do it and, lo, he grew into an inspirational
\n\tyoung man dedicated to doing good works around the world (when he’s not
\n\ton the football field).\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tpeople that abortion should not be permitted, that abortion should in
\n\tfact be outlawed (presumably so more quarterbacks can be born into the
\n\tworld).\n\t<\/p>\n\n
\n\tabortion, she\u2019s leaving a very big background piece unstated: abortion is illegal in the Philippines<\/a>.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Philippine criminal code makes no exception for life or health of
\n\tthe mother. Had Pam Tebow had an abortion, she could have been jailed,
\n\tas could her physician and anyone else who assisted her.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tperformed annually in the Philippines, and about 80,000 women
\n\thospitalized for complications of abortion. 12 percent of all maternal
\n\tdeaths in 2000 were due to unsafe abortons, of course, because abortion
\n\tis illegal \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean it doesn\u2019t happen. As anyone with a
\n\trudimentary understanding of abortion policy knows, outlawing abortion
\n\tdoesn\u2019t stop abortion. It just makes it much less safe.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tare ignoring. Because the organization they\u2019re supporting \u2014 Focus on
\n\tthe Family \u2014 is virulently anti-abortion, and supports making it
\n\tillegal. But by Pam Tebow\u2019s own admission, outlawing abortion didn\u2019t
\n\tstop her Filipino physician from recommending it. She had a choice \u2014
\n\tbut one that was more dangerous than it had to be, one that could have
\n\thad legal repercussions for her and her family.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tis that it places the ultimate decision to continue or abort a
\n\tpregnancy with the woman who is pregnant. Pam Tebow was willing to risk
\n\ther life to bring her son into the world. That was her choice.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tgrave position Pam Tebow was in, who would like to make their own
\n\tinformed choice, but who are not American and lack the connections and
\n\trelative wealth Tebow had. Some may choose to carry to term. Some may
\n\tchoose an abortion. But all of them deserve to make that choice based
\n\ton the dictates of their own consciences, without fear of jail or death.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tdecide what happens in their own bodies. And to do so, they\u2019re willing
\n\tto fudge the truth about the circumstances surrounding her own choice \u2014
\n\tone that was not completely free, one that was not completely safe, one
\n\tthat she could not make based solely on her own conscience. She wants
\n\tto argue that she had a choice when, frankly, she did not. I do believe
\n\tthe Bible has something to say about bearing false witness. But that, I
\n\tsuppose, isn\u2019t important when you\u2019ve got an anti-choice message to
\n\tshare.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nGets His NARAL Meeting \u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/span> New York Daily News<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nRights are <\/span>Pro-choice<\/span> and
\nPro-life<\/span><\/a><\/span> AlterNet<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\npregnancy rate rises. Are abstinence-only programs to blame?<\/span><\/a><\/span> Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nPregnancy centers mislead public<\/span><\/a><\/span> The Daily Collegian Online<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nLawmakers Call for Legislation to Promote <\/span>Adoptions<\/span> of Haitian Orphans<\/span><\/a><\/span> Voice of America<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Adoption<\/span>:
\nWhat It Says About America<\/span><\/a><\/span> Huffington Post<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nright to wear a <\/span>pro-life<\/span> pin<\/span><\/a><\/span> World Magazine<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nTebow’s <\/span>pro-life<\/span> ad:
\nThumbs up<\/span><\/a><\/span> Kansas
\nCity Star<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nPut Brakes on Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill, <\/span>Pro-Life<\/span> Group Wary<\/span><\/a><\/span> LifeNews.com<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nreflected stance of <\/span>pro-life<\/span> taxpayers<\/span><\/a><\/span> Bloomington Pantagraph<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nGallery of Art Under Fire for Blocking Woman With <\/span>Pro-Life<\/span> Lapel Pin<\/span><\/a><\/span> LifeNews.com<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nLegal Group Releases Report on Barack Obama’s Pro-Abortion Nominees<\/span><\/a><\/span> LifeNews.com<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\ngives pro-<\/span>abortion<\/span>,
\nanti-Catholic nominee a second chance<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\nAmerican Thinker<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nTebow rushes into the <\/span>abortion<\/span> debate<\/span><\/a><\/span> Washington Post<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nto speak to <\/span>abortion<\/span>
\nopponents<\/span><\/a><\/span> Dallas
\nMorning News<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\npregnancy and <\/span>abortion<\/span><\/a><\/span> Economist<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nat NYC <\/span>abortion<\/span>
\nclinic investigated<\/span><\/a><\/span> UPI.com<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nbishops: Enact genuine health reform, oppose current language on <\/span>abortion<\/span> <\/span>…<\/span><\/a><\/span> Catholic Culture<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n