Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
Martha Shuping, M.D. Can an abortion affect one’s parenting skills? Obviously, if women and men are having emotional problems because of their past abortions, this is going to have an impact on their families. For example, women who have had an abortion are more likely to report subsequent substance abuse. Clearly, alcoholism and drug abuse […]
Judith Evans My childhood was brutal. I was abandoned by my father when I was two-and-a-half. Then when he reappeared in my life again at the age of eight, it became worse. I survived incest, starvation, and beatings. I clung to life. It was my two abortions that nearly destroyed me. When I became pregnant […]
Book Review Men and Abortion: A Path to Healing By C.T. Coyle, Ph.D. The impact of abortion on men is not widely understood or discussed. But opinion polls have shown that men are equally, or even more likely, than women to admit feelings of guilt and regret about a past abortion. In Men and Abortion: […]
In his encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life, paragraph 99), Pope John Paul II has a special message for women who have had an abortion: I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have […]
Resource Pages Help After Abortion Page This is the most updated list of links and descriptions of post-abortion counseling programs, including email based services, along with tips and recommendations for those searching for a post-abortion counseling (or get this information in pdf format by downloading our Help & Healing Booklet). Men’s Page Men are impacted […]