Women's Groups Blast Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad -- Without Even Seeing It

AP

FILE: Florida quarterback Tim Tebow embraces his mother, Pam. The two are featured in a pro-life Super Bowl ad that has rankled some women's groups.

College football phenom Tim Tebow is about to become one of the biggest stars of Super Bowl XLIV — and he's not even playing in the game.

Tebow, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for the University of Florida, and his mother Pam will appear in a pro-life commercial that tells the story of his risky birth 22 years ago -- an ad that critics suggest could lead to anti-abortion violence, even though none of them have seen it.

The 30-second spot, paid for by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, is expected to recount the story of Pam Tebow's turbulent pregnancy in 1987: More>>