Gianna Beretta Molla was a modern woman, a doctor, a wife, and a mother. At the end of 1961, during her second month of her fourth pregnancy, she developed a fibroma in her uterus. She was given three options: an abortion, a complete hysterectomy, or the removal of just the tumor and the only option that meant her baby would still have a chance. In the spring of 1962, she made her courageous choice.