Melissa Ohden’s biological mother had an early induction abortion in 1977, however, Melissa was later born alive and showed too many signs of life to go unnoticed by nurses attending the abortion.
According to a 2007 UK study on abortions due to diagnosed disability, babies continue to struggle for life after being forced from the womb in 1 out of 30 cases. The study said the children, sometimes gasping for breath and crying weakly, survive for an average of 80 minutes - with some clinging to life for as long as six hours. Most of the children were aborted between 20 and 24 weeks' gestation.
"The sheer number of survivors really is overwhelming," said Ohden. During her travels speaking on the subject, she continues "to learn of more and more children like me" who have survived an attempt on their life in the womb. "Unfortunately, they have faced their own fair share of struggles with shame and embarrassment, limitations from disabilities, that have silenced them from sharing their stories with the world - just as I was silenced by my own shame, guilt, and embarrassment for so long." LifeSiteNews
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