Abortion Survivor Gianna Jessen Should Meet Obama

What a meeting it would be — a face to face between abortion survivor Gianna Jessen and Barack Obama, the man who doesn’t think lives like hers are worth saving.

Gianna Jessen, a beautiful young woman who sings, writes and runs marathons despite her disabilities, did indeed survive an abortion attempt. Now in her 30s, Gianna travels the world delighting and inspiring anyone who hears her story of a life almost cut very short. Gianna spoke at our 2007 Wisconsin Right to Life Education Fund dinner and participants still rave about the courage, strength, beauty, music and words of this remarkable young woman.

So, let’s pretend that Gianna meets Obama and relates the attempt on her life, her precarious birth, her disabilities, and her ability to overcome a tragic beginning to make a tremendous difference in the lives of others. What would he say? Claim her story is fake? Tell her she should have been left for dead? Or continue his glib rhetoric in a feeble attempt to gloss over his infanticide votes?

No one is fooled by Obama, least of all Gianna. Someday, Obama will have to face the stark reality that he has callously and deliberately thrown Gianna and others like her under the bus.

Barbara Lyons