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You all know my favorite quarterback from the Florida Gators, Tim Tebow. He's the one who likes to use the eye-black under eyes in a football game to provide Bible verses to the heathen.There has been a big to do about a commercial to be aired during the Superbowl with him and his mother. The story goes that his mother, pregnant with her fifth child, chose to carry the pregnancy to term against the advice of her doctors while on a missionary trip to the Phillipines. Her doctors advised she abort the fetus to save her own life. Focus on the Family has paid millions of dollars to air an ad showing his mother's heroic choice and show that her decision not to abort brought the young Spartan warrior to greatness today.
It turns out that this whole story may just be that: a story. My favorite lawyer, Gloria Allred, (ha ha ha !!!) has come forward with information that indicates that abortion is illegal in the Philippines and doctors wouldn't have advised Mrs. Tebow to abort the child. In fact, doctors or mid-wives who perform abortions in the Philippines are subject to six years in prison and could have their licenses suspended or revoked. Furthermore, any woman who has an abortion may be punished with imprisonment for two to six years.
Gloria Allred is threatening to sue CBS for misleading advertising (an oxymoron in itself) if they run the Tebow ad without a disclaimer indicating that abortions were illegal in the Philippines at the time Mrs. Tebow made her heroic choice.
Stay tuned for more.
2 comments:
Actually Allred is the one telling the story. The Philippines do allow for exception in case of mother's life in danger. Allred claims in all circumstances abortion is illegal over there. Allred is outright a liar here.
Not to mention hypocrite given her stance that Scott Peterson committed double homicide, that of Laci and that of their UNBORN child.
Here's proof:
http://www.asap-asia.org/country-profile-philippines.html
although the Penal Code does not list specific exceptions to the general prohibition on abortion, under the general criminal law principles of necessity as set forth in article 11(4) of the Code, an abortion may be legally performed to save the pregnant woman’s life.2 A decision of the Supreme Court also impliedly recognized abortion to save the mother’s life.3 The United Nations recognizes that abortion in the Philippines is permitted only in instances in which the pregnant woman's life is endangered.4
thanks "anonymous" for your input. Let's see what happens.
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