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Gianna Jessen is 31 years old whose life and survival has been the subject of intense media interest in light of the debate that she sparked during the recent U.S. presidential campaign. She was born in California in 1977 to a mother who tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to undergo an abortion. At the age of 17, when many girls her age were planning what they would be wearing on prom night, Gianna’s mother, who was six weeks pregnant, decided to end her pregnancy and her unborn baby’s life by submitting to an injection of saline solution whose purpose was to burn the embryo she was carrying.  Demonstrating a fierce will to survive, even at that tender age, Giana, diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and numerous other disabilities because of the attempted abortion, managed to survive when the odds were decidedly against her.

By pure chance, the abortionist was not present when Gianna was born, for had he been present, there is almost no chance that she would have lived.  An experienced nurse quickly sent Gianna for emergency care at a local neonatology intensive care department where the doctors kept her alive, assuming that there was no chance she could.  Weighing only 2 pounds there was little hope, and when she did “make it” she was placed in foster care.  The diagnosis was she would probably never be able to walk or crawl, lift her head or sit up by herself.

Eventually, demonstrating a fierce sense of personal drive, she eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. She learned to walk with leg braces and a walker by the time she was four years old. Physical therapy became a routine in her life, and after undergoing four surgical procedures, she learned to walk unassisted.

Walking led to walking faster and eventually she overcame the obstacles and started running.  Running led to racing, led to competitions and she soon entered marathons (26.2 miles) a rare achievement for a person who started out in life on such shaky ground.

What does this have to do with America’s dazzling president-elect – himself a “poster image” of excellent health?  Little other than the fact that according to Ms. Jessen, early in his political career, Mr. Obama was unwilling to support legislation which would have protected the lives of “botched abortions”.  Gianna views Mr. Obama’s opinions on the matter as being seriously detrimental to the chances of people like her surviving if they manage to do so by some miraculous means. 

Gianna went so far as to publicize her concerns about Mr. Obama’s legislative record, and her views, and the candidate’s positions were widely viewed as opposing campaign advertisements. The advertisements and attendant publicity resulted in public statements, accusations and denials becoming part of their outspoken debate.

As Gianna sees it, Mr. Obama has lost his sense of objectivity due to political ambition and expediency, as reflected in his attack on her during the campaign. All she asked of him publicly was to support medical care and protection for infants who survive abortion. Gianna claims that Obama voted against such legislative protection and care four times even though the U.S. Senate voted 98-0 in favor of a bill identical to the one Obama opposed. Again, according to Ms. Jessen, in the words of Mr. Obama’s own misleading ad, his position is totally unacceptable. In defending his position, Mr. Obama said that the question of when babies should receive human rights was above his pay grade. Gianna’s response to that very wishy-washy explanation: That type of vacillation in public policy almost left her to die. No one should have to go through what she experienced.

Giana can’t understand why when a leading candidate for president admits that for the last five years, Obama has deviated from the truth about a vote he once made? And why doesn’t the media- especially the left-wing liberal press challenge him on the very sensitive issue.

Mr. Obama claimed that he would have supported his state’s version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act if it had included a clause intended to protect abortion rights guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. However there is documentation proving that Mr. Obama voted against a version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act that did contain language which would protect abortion rights identical to the bill that passed 98-0 in the U.S. Senate.