Tim Tebow's mother had amoebic dysentery and fell into a coma prior to her pregnancy with Tim. Because of the medications used to treat her, doctors advised her not to push through with the pregnancy and recommended abortion because there was a risk that her child would be stillborn.
But the Tebows stood strong against abortion and decided on keeping their baby. While on a missionary trip to the Philippines, Pam finally gave birth to a healthy young boy and named him Tim.
For years, Tebow's "miracle" birth has been a source of strength and inspiration for many people.
But now it has been poked fun at by the prison drama series "Orange is the New Black."
During the show's third season, the Christian inmate named Pennsatucky was speaking about a miracle birth and she used Tebow's story as a reference.
"I would have five children, or six, if you count the one that fell out after the night in the cave," Pennsatucky said. "Would have been a miracle baby, like Tim Tebow."
The corrections officer working in the prison named Wanda Bell said it is highly doubtful Pennsatucky's baby would be included on the "star athlete track." This prompted the fiery Pennsatucky to make even more comparisons between her child and Tebow.
"Oh yeah? Well neither was Tim Tebow," she said. "You know, when his momma was pregnant she had the sickness and the doctors told her not to have the baby but she had it anyhow? And she was on dysentery medicine, and she was in a Filipino town."
In order to put Pennsatucky down, another corrections officer named Eliqua Maxwell commented that Tebow "wasn't such a great quarterback."
Tebow made his name in football, but the dedicated athlete has also been devoting most of his time building up his non-profit Tim Tebow Foundation, which he uses to help children with special needs and families struggling with adoption, among other things.
