Tag: post-abortion

Women’s Subjective Post-Abortion Experiences Surveyed in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

Tucson, Arizona–Women’s response to the experience of abortion involves many complex factors, writes Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, and coworkers in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. While a number of risk factors for post-abortion psychological …

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“If the Church is silent on the destruction of life, we’re being negligent, and leaving our young people vulnerable to making this tragic decision”

–Archbishop Joseph Naumann, the incoming head of the Bishops’ Committee on Pro-life Activities By Dave Andrusko Pro-lifers of all religious denominations and none were absolutely delighted last month when the United State Conference of Catholic Bishops chose Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City to succeed another pro-life champion, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, as chair of the …

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Overcome with emotion, woman apologizes to aborted fetus

By Sarah Terzo From a woman who had an abortion: The waiting room was “filled with a true cross-section of the community. No one looked happy. No one was chatting with anyone but their partners. This was not a day to make friends.” The woman says: “I tried to concentrate on the physical feelings, not …

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Post-abortion syndrome and “disenfranchised grief”

By Dave Andrusko Corrine Barraclough is a columnist for the Daily Mail of Australia. The title of a recent story flat-out grabbed me “The Secret Grief of Abortion.” As did a kind of term-of-art mentioned later by a counselor who deals with traumas: “disenfranchised grief.” I looked up the term and it refers to grief …

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“As time went by….” post-abortion woman describes her anger and grief

By Sarah Terzo From one woman who had an abortion: “The abortion itself was nothing and I was all right immediately afterwards. But then, as time went by, resentment began to set in. I quarreled with my mother, argued with my husband – I took my mistake out on the rest of the world. 2 …

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Postabortion woman finds feminists don’t like discussing abortion grief

By Sarah Terzo A pro-choice author, who wrote a book on women’s experiences after an abortion, described how one woman felt grief after she aborted her baby [1]. The young woman felt that pro-choice friends did not want to hear about her struggles after the abortion. … Karen cannot make sense of her grief. She …

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Post-abortion woman and the “little twinges in me”

By Sarah Terzo Leah, 22, who had an abortion, says it was a terrible experience: “It still was a terrible experience.… The biggest thing was just the horror of it; I’d be so scared [if I had another abortion]… go to that terrible hospital and have those sterile, terrible nurses and doctors looking down on …

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Post-abortion woman: “I failed my daughter. I had failed to protect her.”

By Sarah Terzo From one woman who had an abortion: “I wanted to have that baby. I ‘knew’ it was a girl. I ‘knew’ she wanted to be born. I miss her, to this day I miss her. I was crying and very upset but assured the clinic workers that this was my choice and …

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Some women give up smoking to protect their baby, even when planning to abort

By Sarah Terzo The author witnessed abortions and interviewed post-abortion women and men. She remarked that many women give up smoking to protect the baby, even when they plan to have abortions: “The maternal instinct manifests itself in many curious ways; it is not so very unusual to encounter a woman who has an abortion …

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If You Have Two Eyes and Half a Heart, You Know Post-Abortive Trauma is Real

By Kirk Walden Reading John Ensor’s article on the abortion doc who may be re-evaluating his thinking on why he is in the life-ending business (it’s a great read—check it out ) reminded me of a moment when I came face-to-face with post abortion trauma, perhaps for the first time. She was a college student, …

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Post-abortion woman compares aborted babies to unwanted kittens, says she has no regrets

By Sarah Terzo Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through August 25. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last ten months. Below is an excerpt …

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