Tim Tebow’s Terrific Super Bowl Ad Remembered

"I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn’t make it into this world."

By Dave Andrusko
National Right to Life

Yesterday I wrote a post that observed as of Thursday morning, I had not seen any Super Bowl commercials (leaked or previewed) that had a pro-life emphasis. So I revisited the famous Doritos “Ultrasound” ad.

Today, still not seeing any ad to write home about, I’d like to remember the famous commercial Tim Tebow madewith his mother. Prior to it being shown pro-abortionists had no idea what it would say, but that did not prevent them from going off the deep end.

It was a reminder of what we’ve seen more and more: an attempt to censor pro-life speech, even the most “inoffensive” and even if pro-abortionists hadn’t seen what they were trying to censor.

Here’s what I wrote back in 2010:

We’re still battling the elements in the Washington, DC-Metro area (20 plus inches of snow over the weekend wreaked havoc with getting to work today), but that didn’t stop us from watching a very entertaining Super Bowl last night and the highly anticipated 30-second spot featuring Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam.

I grant you, this sounds one-sided, but the intolerant way the usual pro-abortion suspects responded in anticipation of a forthcoming “pro-life ad” played out exactly the way you would’ve expected. They attacked and whined and groused and bad-mouthed Mrs. Tebow. And that’s when they were on their best behavior.

Waving their “pro-choice” banners they were determined to censor her right to celebrate her choice to go ahead with a difficult pregnancy. “Pro-aborts behaving badly” was enough to give “pro-choice” a bad name.

But equally unsurprising was the ingenious nature of the ad Focus on the Family composed which umpteen gabillion people saw last night around 6:45 EST. It was folksy, funny, and fabulously effective.

Of course anything that subtly conveyed a pro-life message, rather than bludgeoned the audience–well, pro-abortionists would more have anticipated a pro-life conversion by President Obama. No pro-lifer could possibly be intelligent enough to use the spot to initiate a conversation, and then invite the viewer to go to Focus’s website for the details of Tim Tebow’s genuinely incredible story.

And I had to laugh out loud this morning when I read one news account that accused Tebow of “playing it safe.”

Goodness, gracious.

The full text of the ad is reproduced below. But you have to actually see the spot to appreciate the obvious love and affection between Mrs. Tebow and her Heisman Trophy-winning son. (And of course if you missed it last night you can view the spot all over the web.)

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Tim Tebow on Facing Abortion: Doctors Called Me a “Tumor” Not a “Baby”

By Katie Yoder
Life News

As his mother prepares to speak at the 45th annual March for Life later this month, Tim Tebow is giving a hint of what’s to come: he himself was almost a victim of abortion.

In an interview published earlier this month, the former NFL player and current minor league baseball star revealed the story of how doctors encouraged his mother to abort him. He spoke with Pastor Louie Giglio at 2018 Passion, an annual college student conference.

Tebow delved into his story after the pastor asked him what “made you into the person you are?”

“I was born in the Philippines to missionary parents and I have a special birth story,” Tebow began telling how abortion almost became his reality. “The doctors said that I wasn’t even a baby; they said I was a tumor.”

That was something his siblings never let him forget – he jokingly added that they nicknamed “Timmy the Tumor” after he was born.

Because of his mother’s faith, he said, he was alive today.

“There was a lot of craziness with my entire – with my mom’s pregnancy with me,” he said. “She decided to trust God and not what the doctors were saying.”

His life, he said, was a miracle.

“And then I was born and it was a miracle — the placenta wasn’t attached the entire pregnancy, but I was malnourished, but I made up for it pretty quickly.”

He concluded by thanking his parents for serving as his role models and influencers.

Both he and his mother appeared together in a pro-life 2010 Superbowl ad. Even though he’s been attacked by the media for it, Tebow has always been very public about his faith, from his sports career to his volunteer work.

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Remember the Super Bowl Commercial that Saved a Little Girl’s Life?

By Kristi Burton Brown
Live Action News

Every year, millions of Americans tune in to the Super Bowl — some focused on football and others on the commercials. Every year, companies compete to see which commercial the nation will fall in love with. But who can argue with a commercial that literally saved a little girl’s life?

In 2010, Tim Tebow and his mother Pam shared a snippet of their pro-life story during the Super Bowl. A full-length version of their story was available on Focus on the Family’s website, and many Americans went to the site, searching for more. One of these people who searched was Susan. She had just found out she was pregnant and was planning on getting an abortion. However, Susan recognized Tim Tebow and was drawn in by the commercial’s positive message.

Later, at home alone, Susan found the video below, where Pam Tebow shares more of the details on how she rejected a recommended abortion and gave life to Tim:

After watching this and the Super Bowl commercial again, Susan felt a tug on her heart. After talking with a Focus on the Family staffer, she made a new choice: she would give life to her child, too. Little Avita Grace was born months later. Today, she’s a beautiful 6-year-old: a baby saved by a Super Bowl commercial. (You can read more of Susan’s and Avita’s story here.)

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