Scenes of unrest have flared up in the U.S., threatening violence over a potential court decision that could overturn 50 years of controversial abortion rights protection by the federal government. Demonstrations of liberal protesters have been so inflammatory as to stir up past trauma in the pro-life movement.
Abortion survivors like Melissa Ohden, 44, know the torture of leading an unwanted existence. That pain led her to start a support network for those like herself, survivors of failed abortions — over a dozen recently reached out to her in anguish amidst the obscene demonstrations, as protesters symbolically curb stomped ragdoll babies and uttered stomach-turning vulgarities. She’s been a leader in the pro-life movement for over a decade.