Table of Contents for “Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion”
Table of Contents
FOREWORD by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: Gina’s Story
CHAPTER TWO: Hiding the Truth
CHAPTER THREE: Forbidding the Grief
CHAPTER FOUR: A Time to Grieve, A Time to Heal
CHAPTER FIVE: Maternal Confusion
CHAPTER SIX: Mind Games: The Use and Misuse of Defense Mechanisms
CHAPTER SEVEN: Connections to the Past
CHAPTER EIGHT: Abortion as a Traumatic Experience
CHAPTER NINE: Memories Unleashed
CHAPTER TEN: Reenacting Trauma
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Repeat Abortions
CHAPTER TWELVE: Sexual Abuse and Abortion
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Something Inside Has Died: Booze, Drugs, Sex, and Suicide
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Broken Babies
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: What’s Eating You? Abortion and Eating Disorders
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Paradise Lost: Abortion and Ruined Relationships
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: No Choice, Hard Choice, Wrong Choice
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Labor of Grief and Birth of Freedom
APPENDIX A: The Politics of Trauma
APPENDIX B: The Complexity and Distortions of Post-Abortion Research
APPENDIX C: The Elliot Institute Survey: Psychological Reactions Reported After Abortion
APPENDIX D: Resources
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ENDNOTES
INDEX
