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Melissa Ohden is a walking miracle.<\/p>\n

Ohden’s mother, an unwed teenager at the time of her pregnancy, went through a saline-infused abortion, a procedure that soaked Melissa’s body in saline solution for five days. Her mother was expected to give birth to a dead baby.<\/p>\n

But a nurse heard Melissa crying on that day in 1977 at St. Luke\u2019s Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Since publicizing her story, Ohden has become an outspoken advocate for women and children to choose life.<\/p>\n

Melissa shows us what our missing brothers and sisters would be like, if we would just give them a chance.<\/p>\n

As Melissa said, “It’s not just a word. It’s not a statistic. It’s not just a choice…just a right — It’s a human being.”<\/p>\n

Watch and share her powerful testimony via Signal Hill<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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