As the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion, Melissa Ohden founded The Abortion Survivors Network (ASN), the only healing and advocacy organization for abortion survivors. In addition, Melissa is a pro-life speaker, leader, and advocate who often appears on television and radio shows. She has spoken on Fox News, The 700 Club, Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), One America News (OAN), Hannity, Focus on the Family, and more. 

Having earned her Master’s in Social Work, she speaks from a place of wisdom and authority mixed with much love and forgiveness. She is the author of You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir, which chronicles her journey of meeting the birth mother who attempted to abort her. And Melissa is currently working on her second book, which focuses on other abortion survivors’ stories.