Life Beyond Abortion

About Life Beyond Abortion

Welcome to Life Beyond Abortion, the weekly podcast hosted by Melissa Ohden, abortion survivor, author, speaker, and founder of The Abortion Survivors Network. Join Melissa as she shares her powerful journey of survival and healing and amplifies the voices of those impacted by abortion, including survivors and their families. Through candid conversations, stories of resilience, and a commitment to truth, this podcast creates a space for inspiration, understanding, and transformation. Whether you're seeking encouragement, want to explore the realities of abortion's impact, or desire a deeper connection to the human stories that bring healing and hope, Life Beyond Abortion is for you. Subscribe today and discover a life-affirming message that goes beyond survival to thriving. New episodes drop weekly on your favorite podcast platform.

Publisher

Herzog Foundation

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jan 2025

Latest episode

4 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2025

   Sidewalk Miracles

   Melissa Ohden hosts Life Beyond Abortion with guest Lauren Muzyka, Executive Director of Sidewalk Advocates for Life. Lauren shares her journey from college prayer vigils at Texas A&M to founding a national sidewalk counseling network. They discuss peaceful outreach saving 25,000+ lives, helping 105 abortion workers exit, closing 68 facilities; post-Roe challenges like interstate travel funding; upcoming Maria's Fund to counter abortion funds; synergies with 40 Days for Life; and empoweri...

2. 

   28 Oct 2025

   Life Begins at Conception

   Melissa Ohden welcomes Paula Illari to Life Beyond Abortion for a raw conversation on choosing life amid pain. Paula shares her journey: choosing life for her first child in 1995 despite addiction and abuse, then facing a second-trimester abortion under pressure that nearly ended her life. Through faith and therapy, she found healing and now advocates with Save the One, supporting women affected by rape, incest, or prenatal diagnoses. They challenge cultural narratives that abortion is empowe...

3. 

   21 Oct 2025

   Men and Abortion Healing

   Join Melissa Ohden on Life Beyond Abortion as she welcomes Sean Corcoran, CEO of Men for Life, to discuss the impact of abortion on men. Sean shares his personal story of losing his child to abortion at 19, his journey to healing, and the launch of a fatherhood program for pregnancy centers. Explore how masculinity intersects with abortion healing and the pro-life movement. Visit https://www.menforlife.org/ for more information. 00:00:02 - Introduction 00:02:59 - Sean’s Experience with Ab...

Who has been a guest on Life Beyond Abortion

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Heather Weininger
• Sarah Zagorski-Jones
• Jennifer Callender
• Ruth Tisdale
• Steventhen Holland

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

10,519

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

2.7 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

60

Social presence

94

YouTube

85

Engagement

50

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Books guests

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