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DO’s DON’Ts Do listen patiently. They are trying to sort out their feelings. Verbalizing them with someone who will listen helps. Expect and allow them to repeat themselves and to bring the subject up again later. Listen for clues to their deeper feelings to which you can respond later. Don’t shut them off by changing […]
Some people seem to come through an abortion unchanged. Others struggle for years with feelings of grief, guilt, shame, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, or depression. Still others have problems with nightmares, eating disorders, broken or abusive relationships, substance abuse, and even suicide. It is possible for any woman to unexpectedly have a bad emotional reaction […]
To Those Who Mourn, When I was seventeen years old I underwent a second trimester, saline abortion. Although I wanted to have my baby, my parents pressured me to submit to the abortion. After many hours of labor, I gave birth to a dead baby boy. To say that this had a major impact on […]
In the Vineyard By Ann Vogel Pro-life Christians-especially Catholics and Evangelicals-are often accused of being judgmental and insensitive to the needs of women. But the abortion proponents who make this accusation fail to realize that while the Church must boldly defend the truth and unmask evil wherever it is, its primary mission is to bring […]
Our Greatest Need He knew we longed for peace, but He did not come as a general. He knew we longed for unity, but He did not come as a politician. He knew we longed for wealth, but He did not come as an economist. He knew we longed for knowledge, but He did not […]