Melissa Ohden Biography

Melissa is the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion. Believing she was less than

five months pregnant with Melissa in 1977, her birthmother attempted to abort her.

Miraculously, the abortion did not succeed in ending Melissa’s life.

Although the doctors initially believed that she would not live past her infancy, and if she did, she would suffer from multiple disabilities throughout her lifetime, she was adopted into a loving home as an infant and she’s not only survived, but thrived.

As Melissa will be sharing with us, her life, her story, is so much more than one of

survival. Melissa's testimony speaks to the beauty of God's grace in our lives, about the power of love, about hope and healing in the midst of grief and loss, and about the

transformational power of forgiveness and in answering God's call for your life.

Melissa’s perspective as an abortion survivor who has had contact with numerous

members of her biological family, as a mother, herself, highlights the Intergenerational impact of abortion on families and communities.

Fulfilling the purpose that she believes God set out for her when He saved her from the certain death of the abortion attempt, Melissa is truly a voice for the voiceless.