Tim Tebow Vs. Gloria Allred

Bill Donohue offers a good response to feminist attorney Gloria Allred's objection to Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad:

Gloria Allred is no stranger to the subject of abortion, so it is not surprising that she wants to kill this pro-life ad. Her letter to Les Moonves of CBS, available at RadarOnline.com, wants the ad pulled because it is allegedly guilty of “misleading advertising.”

Allred, who has not seen the ad, charges that when Tebow’s mother was being advised by doctors in the Philippines to consider an abortion (she was on antibiotics for a pregnancy illness), it was illegal there to have one. In a monumental stretch, Allred reasons that the ad should disclose this information, otherwise it is “misleading.”

What is really misleading is Allred’s duplicity. Several years ago, she represented Amber Frey in a case related to the death of Laci Peterson; Peterson’s  husband, Scott, was convicted of murdering both her and the baby she was carrying, a boy they named Connor. In an interview she gave to Hannity and Colmes on the Fox News Channel on June 5, 2003, Allred found it useful to her case to emphasize the humanness of Peterson’s baby: “And the fact that there are two individuals who are dead there, Laci and Connor, that has to be the most important consideration of everything.” For once, she was right.

Allred’s confession in 2003 undercuts her credibility—to say nothing of her ethical standing—to make the case against this Super Bowl ad. She knows that Tim Tebow is alive today because his mother did not abort him. To top it off, she can’t even deal respectfully with this issue. Her snide remark, which is in the letter to Moonves, is classic. “As the story is reported,” she says, “Tim’s mother decides to take her pregnancy to term anyway and give birth to Tim. Apparently they have lived happily ever after since that time.” And apparently, this woman has no shame.

Let CBS know of your support for this ad. Contact Leslie Moonves: lmoonves@cbs.com

More Information:

LifeNews.Com: Feminist Gloria Allred Claims Story of Tim Tebow's Mom Non-Abortion Untrue

Related:

Pro-life leaders respond to the controversial Tebow Super Bowl ad

Fr. Frank Pavone comments on attempts to block Tebow ad

Petition launched to support the Tebow pro-life ad 
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Comments

  1. Enbrethiliel1/30/10, 11:36 AM

    +JMJ+

    No woman should have to live in a country where abortion is illegal as it once was in the U.S. And was and is in the Philippines.

    Oh, man! She's a real piece of work, isn't she?

    More women who have chosen not to have abortions have lived "happily ever after" than women who have gone through with abortion.

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  2. Anonymous1/30/10, 2:43 PM

    The dual standard for the media makes me sick...

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  3. Unknown1/31/10, 7:16 PM

    I fail to see any "duplicity"; Laci Peterson's child was approx. seven months old at the time it was murdered... I think that both sides agree on the "humanness" at that stage of development.

    Love - Thomas

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