
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 12, 1994                   TAG: 9403140212
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-8   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

TEEN WHO SURVIVED ABORTION TO SPEAK

Gianna Jessen - who survived being aborted 24 weeks into her mother's pregnancy - will visit the New River Valley March 19 and 20.

Jessen, who's now 14, will be featured during a youth rally Saturday, March 19, 7 p.m., at Straight Street Teen Center, 300C N. Franklin St. For more information, call 381-1006.

She'll also appear with Janet Parshall of Concerned Women for America at the Crisis Pregnancy Center Banquet, Sunday, March 20, 1:15 p.m., at Custom Catering in Blacksburg.

Banquet reservations are $11. Call 552-3347.

by CNB