At about five months' gestation, Melissa Ohden survived a saline abortion and was placed in a neonatal unit, where her parents found her and adopted her. Today Melissa works in a social welfare agency in the Midwest and is a speaker for Feminists for Life. Listen as Melissa tells a college audience, "My biological mother was in college when she chose to abort me. I deserved better. My biological mother deserved better, too."

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