Everyone's favorite college football sweetheart, Tim Tebow, will be appearing in a commercial on Super Bowl Sunday with the theme "Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life." Sponsored by the pro-life organization Focus on the Family, the 30-second ad has sparked increased debate on the connection between sports, politics, religion and abortion.

This is why, almost one year to the date of my most recent abortion article in Flyer News, and I am bringing back the debate to the forefront.

Abortion is a very tricky subject. One of the most divisive in America's politics today, it remains in the news year in and year out because a wide range of news stories such as the one including Tim Tebow. For example, many of my friends on my wing at VWK traveled to Washington, D.C., two weeks ago for March for Life.

The rally near the Capitol is an annual event where hundreds of thousands of Americans rally to provide "the vital information needed to take the pro-life message to Washington and throughout the nation." Some of my friends have been going to this event for years, and from my background, it is a very curious action to describe.

In west Akron at Firestone High School, one of the most liberal portions of the state of Ohio, there were hardly any pro-life sentiments uttered in public. The concept of being pro-choice was almost a constant between all of my classmates, teachers and local neighbors.

Thus, in trying to describe to my family and friends from back home that I knew many people attending March for Life, it was just an odd phenomenon. My views on the subject fall straight in the middle of the debate and include a much more functional take on the future of abortion in the United States.

Do I fundamentally believe that abortions are a bad thing? Absolutely, I do. Do I think that the government of our nation should provide alternative options to abortions for all people? For sure, that could always be helpful. In the end, do I believe that abortions should be illegal in this country? No way at all, as such a divisive ruling would move such operations underground in an unsafe environment.

In response to the Tebow advertisement, Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post admitted her pro-choice sentiments but declared his actions are a positive sign for role models in the sporting industry. Recalling the history of how Tebow's mother chose to not have an abortion despite a serious disease she contracted during pregnancy, Jenkins commended the former Heisman Trophy winner for his actions.

In the article, Jenkins illustrates the difference between arguing against the content and the action, "Let me be clear again: I couldn't disagree with Tebow more," she said. "It's my own belief that the state has no business putting its hand under skirts. But I don't care that we differ."

When you are sitting down next to your television Sunday evening watching Tim Tebow talk about the importance of choosing life, think about what we all can do to make abortions go away. Divisive arguments combating the other side are not the solution for making abortions go down in this country, and the only functional way to do so is to find a middle ground for both parties.

Put your religious views aside and think about what we all can do now. I do not believe a single person in this country wants the number of abortions to increase, and that is what this argument really is. The debate between pro-life and pro-choice becomes unrealistic, as the only thing that matters for both sides is to just find ways to bring the number of abortions down.