Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
10/20/16 This is part of a series on telling your children about a past abortion. Visit here for the previous posts in this series: To Tell or Not to Tell? and Finding Healing. Talking to your child about a past abortion can be very hard. If you are thinking about whether or not to do […]
10/11/16 This is part II of a series on telling your children about a past abortion. For Part I, “To Tell or Not to Tell,” click here. The Importance of Healing Another important thing for parents to consider is how much healing they themselves have experienced, said post-abortion counselor Trudy Johnson, who also went through […]
10/6/16 Theresa Bonopartis, founder of Lumina post-abortion healing ministry, vividly remembers the day that she phoned her doctor for the results of her pregnancy test. She was 18, unmarried, and scared. The doctor’s words confirmed what, despite months of denial, she already knew–she was almost four months pregnant. She and her boyfriend decided to marry. […]
10/3/16 Christina Marie Bennet, a pregnancy resource center counselor, wrote an open letter to a Harvard student who wrote about her abortion experience: Dear Pregnant at Harvard Student, I read the anonymous letter you submitted to your school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, sharing your personal abortion story. I wish I knew your name. I wish that […]
9/30/16 The last few years have seen increased attacks on pregnancy help centers from the abortion lobby and their allies in the media and legislators. Laws on the books in Illinois and California would require pregnancy centers to refer clients to abortion clinics — and, in the case of Illinois, to counsel clients about the […]
9/16/16 Women who have abortions face a higher risk of mental health disorders according to recent study of young women in the United States. The study, published by Dr. D Paul Sullins of Catholic University of America, used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. The study followed more than 8,000 […]
9/9/16 By Msgr. Charles Pope I spent the afternoon today taking part in a “webinar” focused on providing support, Church teaching and information to families who receive a pre-natal diagnosis that their child will be disabled in some way. Perhaps they are informed that the child will have Down Syndrome, or perhaps a birth […]
9/2/16 Pressure, Coercion and Other Things That Happen When Expectant Parents Receive A Negative Prenatal Diagnosis When expectant parents are given a negative diagnosis indicating that their unborn child likely has a disability, illness or other health problem, they are thrown into a situation that is unexpected, confusing and terrifying. “Pregnant woman and their partners […]
8/26/16 As controversy over the Zika virus rages, a recent study has found that abortion in cases of diagnosed fetal anomalies poses greater risks to the mental health of mothers than continuing the pregnancy and allowing nature to take its course. “There appears to be a psychological benefit to women to continue the pregnancy following […]
3/21/16 Today is World Down Syndrome Day. Sadly, most unborn children diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted — often after parents are given poor information and pressured or coerced to abort by medical staff. Most people also don’t know about the negative impact that such abortions can also have on parents and families. As one […]
