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Healing After an Abortion – Introduction Page
“I now live my life with a deep joy and gratitude.” “Through my healing I have learned how to have more compassion and mercy for others. I am careful not to judge, because I know where I have come from and how much I needed compassion and mercy.” Like Theresa, thousands of women and men […]
Hope and Healing Index
Front Page Text Beyond the Politics of Abortion Testimonies We’re Sorry Remembering Thomas Trying to Survive Understanding Who Is Most at Risk? Can Relationships Survive After Abortion? How Safe is Abortion? Dr. Beverly McMillan was the first woman to open an abortion clinic in Mississippi. The Emotional Effects of Abortion Are Later Children Affected by […]
Are Later Children Affected by Abortion?
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 […]
Can Relationships Survive After Abortion?
Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph.D. For some women, abortion is the result of an outright threat of abandonment if the woman won’t “do the right thing” and abort. Other times, the pressure is more subtle: “It’s your decision, but….” Unfortunately, all the evidence shows that abortion to “save a relationship” almost never works. Many relationships between […]