- Well here now, Melissa Ohden,a pro-life speaker, writer,

and advocate with theAbortion Survivors Network.

She's also a survivor of anattempted abortion herself.

Melissa, thank you so much for being here.

Why don't we start right there

with a little bit of your story.

If I understand correctly,

your mother was just 19 years old

when she went in for an abortion.

Melissa, can you tell us what happened,

and also, why you believe abortion

has an intergenerational impact?

- Absolutely.

I am one of those babies

we hear argued about in our society,

a child who survived a failed abortion.

43 years ago, my birth mother, Ruth,

was forced to have asaline infusion abortion.

That type of procedure

involved injecting a toxic salt solution

into the amniotic fluid

that should have beenprotecting me in the womb,

but instead was meant to thenpoison and scald me to death.

That procedure lasted five days for me,

which was longer than typical

because they couldn'tsuccessfully induce Ruth's labor.

And so on the fifth day, whenthey finally did succeed,

they believed that I would beborn as a successful abortion,

just delivered as a deceased child.

And that's the day I wasaccidentally born alive.

- Hmm.- Wow.

Gosh, that is quite a story.

It's horrific to hear that.

So you testified in Congress Wednesday

at the behest of Senator Ted Cruz

against the Women's Health Protection Act.

Why is that bill so radical?

- The bill is absolutely radical,

not only radical becauseit disregards the humanity

of the unborn and any kindof protections for women.

This was not about healthcare.

This is about abortion and expanding Roe,

not just protecting it.

And, you know, sadly I thinkone of the most radical pieces

for me that I want people to be aware of

is that it would makeit so that no state law

could ever be passed thatwould restrict abortion.

That's radical.

- Melissa, recently,or historically rather,

the Hyde Amendment receivedbipartisan support.

President Biden himselfsupported the rider,

the annual rider whichprohibited taxpayer funding

of abortion in the federal budget.

It wasn't long ago thoughthat the Biden administration

removed the HydeAmendment from the budget.

Melissa, what do you think's changed?

- (sighs) We haven't changed as a people.

The will of the people hasn't changed.

You know, I think ifyou asked most people,

no matter what theybelieved about abortion,

they would say they don'twant their taxpayer funds

to go towards it.

So we haven't changed, butthis administration has.

And I think we need to make it clear

that our legislators need to hear from us

that Hyde needs to be protected.

- All right, Melissa Ohden

with the Abortion Survivors Network,

we appreciate you coming on

and sharing your amazing story with us.

We're so glad you are here with us today

so we praise God for that,

and thank you again for coming on.

- Thank you.