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Melissa Ohden
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QUOTE: I was aborted, and my body discarded... like I
didn’t exist. But a nurse heard me crying... and cared enough to save my life.
Many children, more than you might think, actually survive failed abortions and
are born alive. I know because I’m one of them... There’s something else you
may not know…when he was in the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama voted to
deny basic constitutional protections for babies born alive from a failed
abortion. Not once, but four times. I know it’s by the grace of God I’m alive
today, if only to ask America this question: is this the kind of leadership
that will move us forward, that will discard the weakest among us? How will you
answer?
AUTHOR: Melissa Ohden was born on August 29,
1977. Medical records of her delivery at St. Luke’s Medical Center, Sioux
City, Iowa, indicate that she was admitted to intensive care on that date after
“Saline infusion for an abortion was done but was unsuccessful” on August 24,
1977 and a pitocin drip was started on August 27 to induce delivery.
She was erroneously
estimated by medical personnel at the time of the abortion to be about 18
weeks’ gestation, when in fact she was closer to six or seven months’
gestation. The medical staff, prompted by a nurse who
heard Melissa's cries and observed her moving after the abortion, did not expect her to live due
to respiratory distress and other complications.
Melissa,
nonetheless, survived and was adopted. She learned from her adoptive
mother at age 14 about the circumstances of her birth and sought to retrieve
her medical records, which are available along with other information on her
website. She revealed her biography publicly two years ago and has spoken
to groups around the country about the value of human life. She and her
husband Ryan have a daughter, Olivia, and live in Sioux City. http://www.sba-list.org/melissa
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