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St Gianna Beretta Molla
A doctor and mother who chose her child over her own life.
Patron of Mothers, the unborn · 1922–1962
Life
An Italian paediatrician and married mother of three who, when diagnosed with a uterine fibroma during her fourth pregnancy, refused the abortion and hysterectomy that would save her life. She delivered a healthy daughter and died a week later. Canonised in 2004.
Prayer
St Gianna, pray for every mother facing impossible choices — that love may guide them, not fear.