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When she learned from her adoptive mother the truth behind her premature birth she became an advocate against abortion. She begins her speeches with this statement, "I was aborted and did not die."

When she learned from her adoptive mother the truth behind her premature birth she became an advocate against abortion. She begins her speeches with this statement, "I was aborted and did not die."

She credits [[Jesus]] with preserving her life and has testified before the [[United States Congress]] on April 22, 1996 against partial-birth abortions and again in [[2000]] in support of the Born Alive Infant Act.

She credits [[Jesus]] with preserving her life and has testified before the [[United States Congress]] on April 22, 1996 against partial-birth abortions and again in 2000 in support of the [[Born Alive Infant Act]].

Jessen has said, "My biological mother thought she was making a decision affecting only her. If abortion is merely about women's rights, then what were mine?"  

Jessen has said, "My biological mother thought she was making a decision affecting only her. If abortion is merely about women's rights, then what were mine?"