- South Africa, International Film Festival"A Voice for Life" has been chosen as a 2011 OFFICIAL SELECTION Semi Finalists in the Transforming Stories International Film Festival. This year 181 films were submitted from 19 countries representing 5 continents of the world, making Transforming Stories a truly global film festival.
- The film was premiered at the Heartbeats International Conference in Columbus Ohio.
Heartbeat Website- A Voice for Life was featured on Focus on the family radio broadcast and a live web cast.
Focus on the family Website
MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 20, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Over 53 million children have lost their lives to abortion in the United States since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Many know the sad reality of these statistics, but most don't know the amazing reality that sometimes children survive failed abortions and exist in our world today. Melissa Ohden, a 34-year-old international pro-life speaker and advocate, wife and mother, is one such survivor.
Melissa's powerful story of surviving a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977, of overcoming the concerns regarding her ability to survive past infancy and go on to lead a "normal" life, of being adopted into a loving family that supported her in her search for her biological family and in her struggle to face the reality of her life as an abortion survivor to ultimately become a voice for the unborn, is featured in the newly released pro-life documentary, A Voice for Life.
The film features pro-life leaders including Father Frank Pavone, Alveda King, and Dr. John Willke.
With the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision just a few days away, pro-lifers from across the nation and from around the world have their focus set on the upcoming March for Life, the lives that have been lost, and the lives forever changed from abortion. Although mainstream media attention is often sparse when it comes to coverage of the March for Life events and the Roe v. Wade anniversary, Fox News has taken note. This Sunday, January 22nd, Fox News' America's News HQ program will feature Melissa's life as an abortion survivor, including an interview with her and clips of A Voice for Life.
America's News HQ airs from 12-2 PM EST, and the segment featuring Melissa is currently set to air at 1:40 PM EST. We hope that you can tune into the program to hear a perspective about abortion and life that is often not heard on mainstream media -- the voice of a child who was aborted and lived.
To view the trailer and learn more about the film, please visit www.avoiceforlife.com/trailer.html.
For more information on Melissa Ohden and her ministry, please visit www.melissaohden.com.
To schedule an interview with Melissa or for information on scheduling her for a speaking engagement, please contact Gloria Leyda (615-370-4700) at Ambassador Speakers Bureau.
