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In 1962, while facing serious pregnancy complications, Italian pediatrician St. Gianna Molla chose to give up her life to save that of her unborn baby. “If you must decide between me and the child, do not hesitate,” she is credited with saying, “choose the child. . . . Save the baby.”

Inspired by St. Gianna’s heroic love and defense of the unborn, I started a maternity home — now called the St. Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home — in Warsaw, N.D., in 2004. From the beginning, it was evident that we were meeting a dire need.

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Mary Pat Jahner

Mary Pat Jahner is the director of the Saint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home.

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In 1962, while facing serious pregnancy complications, Italian pediatrician St. Gianna Molla chose to give up her life to save that of her unborn baby. “If you must decide between me and the child, do not hesitate,” she is credited with saying, “choose the child. . . . Save the baby.”

Inspired by St. Gianna’s heroic love and defense of the unborn, I started a maternity home — now called the St. Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home — in Warsaw, N.D., in 2004. From the beginning, it was evident that we were meeting a dire need.