* Ignore your doctors' advice, and everything will turn out OK--The doctors' advice in the Tebow story apparently was based on sound medical judgment. Are the Tebows sending a message of "your faith can override a doctor's opinion that you don't want to hear"? Sounds that way to us.
* The outcome of one pregnancy is more important than the well being of four children you already have--Again, it's hard to ignore the heart-warming aspects of the Tebow story. And it's even more dramatic when Tim grows up to win the Heisman Trophy, leads Florida to national championships, and becomes a role model and all-around swell guy. But Pam Tebow's decision could have left her four other children without a mother. We are pro choice, and we believe such a choice correctly rested in Pam Tebow's hands. But we suspect the complexities presented by troubled pregnancies will be lost in a 30-second commercial.
And then there is this question: Is it a good idea to pray for a pregnancy while you are on a mission trip in the Philippines? Pregnancies can't always be planned, of course, and they can be difficult even in developed countries. But wouldn't it be wiser to try to get pregnant either before or after you've taken a mission trip to a country with poor sanitation systems and limited medical resources? Is God supposed to always bail us out when we make unwise decisions?
Perhaps the biggest question is this: Thirty-second Super Bowl ads sell for between $2.5 million and $2.8 million. A Focus on the Family spokesman says funds for the ad came from "very generous and committed friends."
Could that money have been better spent? How much might it have helped adoption agencies or foster-care organizations?
Pam Tebow, then a married mother of four, hardly is the typical woman facing a question about abortion; her pregnancy was wanted. But numerous reports indicate that most women who seek or consider abortion are unmarried and facing a pregnancy they did not plan or want.
If we really want to reduce the abortion rate in the United States, addressing the problem of unwanted pregnancy almost certainly is the way to do it.
The Tim Tebow ad apparently will not touch on that at all.
* The outcome of one pregnancy is more important than the well being of four children you already have--Again, it's hard to ignore the heart-warming aspects of the Tebow story. And it's even more dramatic when Tim grows up to win the Heisman Trophy, leads Florida to national championships, and becomes a role model and all-around swell guy. But Pam Tebow's decision could have left her four other children without a mother. We are pro choice, and we believe such a choice correctly rested in Pam Tebow's hands. But we suspect the complexities presented by troubled pregnancies will be lost in a 30-second commercial.
And then there is this question: Is it a good idea to pray for a pregnancy while you are on a mission trip in the Philippines? Pregnancies can't always be planned, of course, and they can be difficult even in developed countries. But wouldn't it be wiser to try to get pregnant either before or after you've taken a mission trip to a country with poor sanitation systems and limited medical resources? Is God supposed to always bail us out when we make unwise decisions?
Perhaps the biggest question is this: Thirty-second Super Bowl ads sell for between $2.5 million and $2.8 million. A Focus on the Family spokesman says funds for the ad came from "very generous and committed friends."
Pam Tebow, then a married mother of four, hardly is the typical woman facing a question about abortion; her pregnancy was wanted. But numerous reports indicate that most women who seek or consider abortion are unmarried and facing a pregnancy they did not plan or want.
If we really want to reduce the abortion rate in the United States, addressing the problem of unwanted pregnancy almost certainly is the way to do it.
The Tim Tebow ad apparently will not touch on that at all.
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