{"id":203936,"date":"2019-06-07T07:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=203936"},"modified":"2020-03-06T21:33:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T03:33:33","slug":"smirks-jokes-women-saved-abortion-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/smirks-jokes-women-saved-abortion-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Smirks and jokes: How two women saved from abortion were treated on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday, June 4th at 10 a.m., I spoke before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee for the “Threats to Reproductive Rights in America” hearing, which was called to address the pro-life legislative victories across the nation. I was on a panel with seven other women. Representing the pro-life position, there were two of us: me and my friend Melissa Ohden — President of the Abortion Survivors Network and survivor of a failed saline solution abortion. On the pro-abortion side were three times<\/em> as many speakers — six — the most recognizable being actress Busy Philipps. Along with Philipps were abortionists Yashica Robinson and Owen Phillips, NYU professor Melissa Murray, teen activist H.K. Gray, and the ACLU’s Jennifer Dalven.<\/p>\n

The Democrats were allowed more witnesses, so we anticipated being outnumbered by those in favor of abortion. In spite of my concerns about this, I was honored to testify. I’m alive because my mother left her abortion appointment. Melissa is alive because a nurse saw her breathing after a failed abortion and rushed her to the NICU.<\/p>\n

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This past February 14th, Melissa and I were among a group that met with President Trump and White House staff. We testified in the Roosevelt room and listened to the President voice his frustrations regarding New York’s radical abortion law. Little did we know that months later we’d be together again to testify before Congress.<\/p>\n

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We didn’t plan our outfits but we both wore red jumpsuits. I wore red to symbolize the red “life tape” I used for years as a prayer missionary in Washington, D.C., with Bound4Life.<\/p>\n

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Christina at a Bound4Life prayer meeting outside of the U.S Supreme Court<\/p><\/div>\n

Melissa and I were seated in the middle of the panel, right next to each other. On my right was Owen Phillips, the abortionist from Tennessee. I introduced myself to both her and Dr. Robinson.<\/p>\n

When I shared my testimony, I noticed that Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) had a strange smirk on his face. Before we testified, he called his pro-life fellow Congressmen arrogant for their beliefs.\u00a0I was disturbed that Chairman Nadler gave a creepy grin when I spoke about my mom’s appointment to abort me, but I wouldn’t let that intimidate me. During my allotted time, I said:<\/p>\n

The sacrifices my ancestors suffered to achieve the civil rights I enjoy today are not able to protect future generations because of legalized abortion. I\u2019m burdened that the 14th amendment which gave us liberty was unjustly used to invent a supposed right to destroy a human life. Sojourner Truth in her day said, \u201cAm I not a woman?\u201d And in mine I say, \u201cAm I not a person?\u201dAbortion is not a victimless act. We just can\u2019t hear the voices of those who\u2019ve been silenced and discarded.<\/em><\/p>\n