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92% Emotional deadening (Reported either feeling less in touch with their emotions or feeling a “need to stifle their emotions”) 86% Increased tendency toward anger or rage (48% reported they became more violent when angered) 86% Had a fear of others learning of the abortion or a greater sense of fear for unknown reasons 82% […]
(The copyright for this article is held by the Washington Post. It originally appeared in The Washington Post, February 3, 1995. It was reprinted with permission in Hope and Healing, but that permission does not extend to publishing on the Internet.) For other articles and testimonies about abortion’s impact on men, visit here.
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 […]
1. Recognize that you are not alone. Others have been through the same experience and the same trials. Their experiences and understanding can help you. They want to help you, just as you may want to help others after you have finished going through the healing process. (See “Don’t Go It Alone.“) 2. Recognize that […]
Q1: Do you find yourself struggling to turn off feelings or memories related to your abortion(s)? Do you need to keep reminding yourself to just forget it or put it behind you? Do you become uncomfortable around reminders of the abortion, such as being around babies or pregnant women, being in a doctor’s office, or […]