The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

There was great controversy over the Tim Tebow Focus on the Family pro-life ad prior to it airing on during the SuperBowl. Whatever one thinks of the organization or the ad, I'm finding the response of the leadership of NOW to be absolutely hysterical. (by the way, I'm so paranoid now that I had to go check the Drudge Report to make sure there wasn't anything on his page about this.)
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"I am so happy that the story of Tim Tebow turned out the way it did, as he is truly a remarkable young man. What I am concerned about, though, is that the full story involves a woman ignoring the advice of her doctor, and while it turned out this way, it's very possible that it might not have. I would encourage women to take the advice of their physicians for their own safety."

Yeah, some groups definitely go overboard with the freaking out. I'm not above criticizing groups just because I agree with their overall goals and calling the mom-tackle violence against women is too much.

I'm not pleased with the ad, and I think the super bowl is somehow not the right place. Can't state the logic for that, just a feeling that it's somehow not right.

And I do dislike the implication that all women should ignore the advice of their docs and risk death because it worked out pretty well in this one case. This is an issue where the stories that get told are the ones for whom it worked out- the dead don't get their stories told. It's a self-selecting bias.