Melissa Ohden: Saline Infusion Abortion Survivor
April 8, 2010 by Steve
“…in the late summer of 1977, her life, my life, the lives of my biological father and their families were forever changed. When my biological mother was around six months pregnant, she underwent a saline infusion abortion. Throughout the course of a five day period, I endured the deliverance of the saline solution into the fluid around me. I breathed it in through my nose and mouth while numerous rounds of petocin were delivered to my mother to iduce labor and ultimately dispel my dead body from her womb.“
Learn more about Melissa Ohden’s story here.

Hello, i listened to Melissa’s story and i was moved ..i know no matter what we say here concerning this Abortion issue no Government is ready to listen to us,,but we will keep trying..but we will lat them know its a CRIME against Humanity,..
lest i forget i will like to be linked to MELISSA OHDEN..I want to be her friend…..i just hope this can be possible…
Thanks…Nelson Alozie
Hi Melisa,
I am Dr Patrick Oben, a Physician from Cameroon, here in the US to do residency training. I am a believer/preacher.
I was watching you on TBN recently and just thrilled by your testimony. Believe me, you survived not because there was not enough saline or the technique was not appropriate or whatever. You had been choosen in Him before you were ever conceived(Eph1:4,Jer1:5). The devils fights our destinies even before our births. God called you to be a voice in an abortion age.
Melisa, we give thanks to God for you. In Cameroon, I have had several video projections of the short movie ‘Silent Cry’, about abortions and the result are astonishing. Had I still been in Cameroon, I would really be so excited to invite you and your husband to give a talk to our youths.
Extend a thank you to your Mom for me, for the task of adopting you and blessing us with someone like you in the christian fold.
Keep the fire in bringing hope and healing indeed to this broken world.Many women out there need to hear you.Politicians can do the legalisation but do not care or maybe are not even aware of the devastating effects on the woman’s heart and inner life.
Remain the blessing
The first thing I notice is that you are very beautiful. Then, then, then as I listen; I am drawn to your inner beauty. Beauty, that comes from within and from God. When the Hands that formed you in mother’s womb cradled you with love and protected you, how could you not be special? Thank you for sharing your message…. in love. The schemes of Satan failed and a flower was born.
Dear Melissa,
I am truly in awe with your story, I had never heard of such a thing even being possible. When I look at you and listen to your voice, I hear God! Eventhough my parental struggles are different (way different). I still relate to the uncertainty you felt.
May God continue to bless you beyond measure & you continue to be an inspiration to the young and old!!!
Dear Melissa,
God Bless you! What a miracle you are. I wish there was a way to contact you in person, as I believe God has led me to you. I have listened to your story and went to your other sites but have found no other way to reach you. So hear is my name and email. As I submit this I will pray that God reaches over the miles and put us in contact.
Thank you so much for sharing your story at the Life Services Banquet last night in St. Augustine. Your story shows God’s power and the power of prayer in our lives. It was also a testiment for forgiveness…Only be having God in our hearts are we able to do this. We will all continue to keep you and your family in prayer as you follow His leading to bring the truth about life….all life.