Comments on: Controversy

By: lisa

lisa — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:57:13 +0000

I first heard about this in the waiting room of a doctor’s office. There was one of “those” people there — that person that has to strike up conversations with complete strangers about any topic (potentially controversial or not) and the ignore their signs of obvious discomfort. Anyway, he was a big fan of the commercial, and specifically described it as anti-abortion. I find it kind of amusing because, to me, their story could also fulfill my particular brand of pro-choice, which is that a woman should choose whatever SHE wants. Mrs. Tebow obviously CHOSE to keep her pregnancy, and to that I say you go girl. I’m glad that she wasn’t forced to have a procedure or treatment that she disagreed with, and I hope that things always stay that way. I would hate to see abortion forced on someone as much as I would hate to see that option taken away. I wish more pro-lifers would understand that pro-choice is not pro-abortion, it is really about the choice — the choice to keep, or the choice to terminate, both without judgment.

That said, the skeptic in me finds both CBS and the story in general a bit sketchy. All of CBS’s explanations sound empty and fake, and frankly, the Tebow’s story sounds a little unlikely. I always thought that abortion was only indicated in cases where the baby’s presence was essentially killing the mother. Like something has gone haywire with the immune system and the only way for the body to realize the invader isn’t attacking it is to remove what it sees as the invader. I’m not calling them liars, I’m not a medical professional so I’m definitely no expert. I just look at their story with a little more skepticism and a little less emotion.

By: Ally

Ally — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:52:06 +0000

My mom’s birthday is this weekend too! On Sunday. :) Honestly, I could care less about football, the Superbowl or what ads CBS decides to run. I am prochoice, of course. I just don’t really have a strong opinion about this one. Maybe they will allow other organizations to advertise soon too, or maybe not. It might not be fair, but seems like it’s CBS’ decision to make.

By: Busty Satan

Busty Satan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:40:43 +0000

Wowzers! How did I miss the post that brought out the crazies?

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:29:39 +0000

Clearly you know how I feel about this and clearly I agree with you. Stop bitching and moaning and DO SOMETHING!!!

I’m linking to your post on my blog. :)

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:19:43 +0000

I not super excited about ad mostly because during the super bowl i want to see ads for beer and snacks and in the spirit of the game. Not politics and religion and issues that divide the country. I don’t want to be preached at when I’m trying to watch sports…

Also, on the topic specifically, they apparently don’t mention that in the Philippines, where all of this took place, abortion has been illegal since the 1930s (or something like that) so really, she might not have been able to have one anyway. So, that is like making an issue where one wasn’t.