Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian Catholic pediatrician. Although aware of possible fatal consequences, Molla refused both an abortion and a hysterectomy during her pregnancy with her fourth child in order to preserve the child's life.

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• Doctors
• mothers
• wives
• families
• unborn
• World Meeting of Families 2015 (co-patron)

1922-10-04

1962-04-28

canonized

16 May 2004

Pope John Paul II

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