The case against abortion.

Derick Hall: NFL Draftee Praises Mother for Saving his life. Seattle Seahawks linebacker Derick Hall is a "micro preemie" success story, born four months premature (23 weeks) in 2001 with only a 1% chance of survival. Weighing just 2 lbs 9 oz, he survived severe birth complications, including having no heartbeat, to become an NFL player and philanthropist.

Key Details of His Story:

Birth & Survival: Born in March 2001 at 23 weeks, weighing 2 lbs 9 oz, he was so tiny he could fit in his mother’s palm. Doctors gave him a 1% chance to live, expecting him to be stillborn or have no quality of life.

NICU Journey: He was born without a heartbeat but was resuscitated, spending five months in the NICU on a ventilator and feeding tube. He faced severe complications, including brain bleeding and underdeveloped lungs.

Advocacy: His mother, Stacy Gooden-Crandle, refused to sign a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order, advocating for his survival.

Career & Philanthropy: After graduating from Auburn University, he was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks. He founded the Derick Hall One Percent Foundation, which supports families of premature babies.

Hall often shares his story to bring awareness to NICU babies and to support families facing similar challenges.

Ninety-nine percent – that’s how sure the doctors at Gulfport Memorial Hospital were sure that newborn Derick Hall would not make it through his first night – 99%. But Stacy Gooden-Crandle, Derick Hall’s Mother, held on to that one percent – and she prayed. So did her village of family and friends. They fought for Derick because he was too tiny, too weak – too extremely premature… Normally when the 1% are mentioned, it’s a good thing! The crème de la crème – but sometimes – in this case- was anything but good.

Stacy was a young mother facing impossible odds. Born at just 23 ½ weeks, weighing 2 lbs. 9 oz., Derick’s village fought for him – until he could fight for himself. In the days and weeks following his birth, he got stronger. So, doctors moved from 99% against Derick surviving at all to 99% against him walking – then he walked. So, they moved to 99% against him talking – then he started talking. So, they assured Stacy that he wouldn’t live a normal, everyday life… Well, the rest is history!

Stacy prayed, worked at each milestone, and ensured Derick had all the love and care he needed to overcome impossible odds. An energetic but asthmatic child, Stacy enrolled Derick in flag football at four years old to help him develop his lungs and help him run some of his energy out. However, what emerged was his natural athletic ability, and he soon moved to contact football.

In high school, Derick lettered in three sports – football, basketball, and track – and his finishes in the 100 and 200-meter relays, 300-meter hurdles, and long jump still stand as record-setting, top 10 best times at Gulfport Highschool. He was rated a 4-star football recruit by ESPN, earned a 4-star grade by 247 Sports, and was the first ever Under Armor All-American in Gulfport High School’s history).

so his story has for me two take aways…. don’t believe everything doctors say - after all, they only practice medicine.

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secondly, I’m a man, so my input as to wether a woman should have an abortion or shouldn’t have one is not up to me to chime in and give my opinion.It is up to the woman as to what she wants or needs to do. However, my unsolicited opinion is that abortion should not be used as a method of birth control. Maybe only if there is proof that the embryo is defective and it’s life would be so terrible that abortion would be merciful. But Dereck Hall proves that case is not always correct. He is the exception to the rule. We’ll never know, but how many amazing people weren’t born into this life and enriched humanity Because of abortion. If the criminal justice system has a rule that one thousand guilty people go free instead of one innocent person getting convicted wrongly, so then maybe we should have a rule that no possible defective embryo should be aborted in the hopes that the defective embryo survives to grow into an amazing life And be a productive human that enriches the world. How many Derick Halls, Einsteins, Nicolai Teslas, or Da Vincis have we lost to abortions?

we will never know. Actually, we do know… one, Derick Hall, but only because he wasn’t aborted.