Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
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 […]
FORBIDDEN GRIEF The Unspoken Pain of Abortion by Theresa Burke and David C. Reardon Introduction As a young graduate student, I was assigned to lead a weekly support group for women with eating disorders. It was there that I first observed how abortion is a forbidden grief. It all began with Debbie. She cautiously and fearfully […]
Giving Sorrow Words Women’s Stories of Grief After Abortion by Melinda Tankard Reist “I wish someone had said, ‘There would be losses having a baby, but don’t underestimate the loss of having an abortion.’” -Lee Abortion has been presented as a simple procedure that allows women to put the crisis of an unintended pregnancy behind […]
Reversing the Gender Gap Touch the Hearts, Earn the Trust, Win the Votes of 30 Million Post-Abortive Women This is an essential strategy and sound-bite guide for pro-life candidates, lobbyists, and spokespersons. Now is the time to move beyond the politics of condemning abortion. Now is the time to champion the pro-woman/pro-life strategy for ending […]
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