Oregon Senate Ad: ‘I Trusted Her’

Published April 24, 2014 7:50pm ET



Monica Wehby, Republican candidate for for U.S. Senate in Oregon, released a 60-second ad this week offering window into her biography. The ad features Lex Liebelt, an Oregon woman who discovered during her pregnancy that her daughter had a spinal issue. Her obstetrician recommended Liebelt abort the baby, but Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon, offered Liebelt “hope.”

“Dr. Wehby was going to open her back and reconstruct my daughter’s entire lower spine,” says Liebelt. “I gave her the most precious thing I had. I trusted her. We have a 12-year-old today because of Dr. Wehby.” Watch the ad below:

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