[A_Former_Democrat]

What? Roe v. Wade was 1973

“The law of the land” since then. Tebow is what, 23 at most?

Math major, Gloria?

[Mach9]

Sorry—I should have added “in the Philippines.” She’d checked on Philippine abortion law to come up with her argument against CBS’s decision to air. She either hadn’t discovered or refused to recognize that even Philippino law excepted health of the mother which, of course, was a factor in the ad. What didn’t come up at all was whether or not Tebows were assigned to Clark or other military base where, after 1973, abortion would have been legal (if not U. S. subsidized).

[Mrs. Don-o]

Their "point," such as it is, is that Pam Tebow and her busband were missionaries in the Philippines at that time, and unborn children were (and, I think, are) protected by law via anti-abortion legislation.

Nevertheless, your point is correct. In the first place, if Pam Tebow had wanted to abort her baby boy, she could have come back to the USA to do it: the Philippines was just a temporary assignment for her.

In the second place, the Philippines has a "necessity defense" written explicitly into statute law: if her survival were truly at risk -- a genuine toss-up between her life and the baby's life ---this law could be invoked to legally justify a life-saving procedure. (This law was quoted by another FReeper in a previous thread.)

So NOW and Gloria Allred are simply retailing falsehoods once again. Which doesn't surprise anybody. I think even their followers have come to expect it.

[bog trotter]

Yep, the day I had my now 37 year-old twins. I did what I could to counter.