MELISSA OHDEN | Survivor of a Botched Abortion (Ep. 570)

In this episode, we welcome Melissa Ohden to the show. She is a survivor of a botched saline-infusion abortion. She is the author of You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir and her new book Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence. Additionally, she is the Founder of The Abortion Survivors Network. In this interview, we discuss what it was like for her growing up in a family where she found out early on that she was adopted, the dramatic occurrence where she found out that she was a survivor of a botched abortion, a detailed account of the process of a saline-infusion abortion that was used to try and take her life, the circumstances around her biological mother feeling pressured into killing her, how an observant nurse actually saved her life after she was assumed dead, how she found her birth parents, what it was like when she reunited with her birth mother, the circumstances around her birth mother finding out about her survival more than 30 years after the botched abortion procedure, why she decided to start sharing her story publicly, her responses to common Pro-Abortion arguments, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices