POST-ABORTION BOOKLIST A Solitary Sorrow, Finding Healing & Wholeness After Abortion More than one million American women have abortions each year. Yet hardly any of them talk about it. Fear, anger, shame, loneliness. The abortion experience raises a multitude of powerful and confusing emotions. Often these feelings arise years-even decades-later. Is healing possible? Teri and Paul Reisser address these intensely personal struggles and help women find reconciliation, hope, and healing after abortion. Combining accurate information with women's own stories, the Reissers consider such topics as: • the loneliness of the abortion experience This book includes a list of resources, as well as questions for individual reflection or group discussion. Victims and Victors, Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault In this compelling book, 192 women reveal the seldom heard truth: most pregnant sexual assault victims don't want abortions! Among those who do abort, abortion has only aggravated their suffering. This is the largest, most comprehensive study ever published on this issue. These women deserve to be heard. Men and Abortion, A Path to HealingC.T. Coyle, Ph.D. 1999 Essence Publishing In spite of the fact that over 37 million abortions have been performed in the United States since 1973, little attention has been given to the effects of abortion on men. Nonetheless, it is apparent to many of us that there are countless men who have been deeply wounded by an abortion experience. They often suffer in silence because they are confused about their feelings, trying to put up a strong front, and ignored by a society which does not recognize the validity of their pain. These men deserve to be recognized and to have their pain acknowledged. They need to be reassured that their reactions are normal and that there is hope for their healing. To that end, an intervention program was developed specifically for men who identified themselves as having been hurt by abortion. The program was then tested and found to be effective. This book is based on that research and may be used by post-abortion men, their families, and/or those who counsel them. Her Choice to Heal, Finding Spiritual and Emotional Peace After Abortion Sydna Masse & Joan Phillips 1998 Chariot Victor Publishing Sydna Masse and Joan Phillips transparently share their stories as post-abortive women who know the hope and healing that comes from God's forgiveness and love. In turn, they will help midwife a new relationship to your past, your baby, and your Heavenly Father. Forgiven and Set Free, A Post-Abortion Bible Study for WomenLinda Cochrane 1996 Baker Books Forgiven and Set Free , an inspired Bible study that can be used by individual women or by a group, effectively ministers God's healing grace to women who are suffering remorse and guilt after an abortion. This study was developed out of Linda Cochrane's experience of being freed from the bondage of guilt that followed her abortion. “As I read the Bible, Christ was faithful to touch my open wounds with the healing touch of his promises,” she writes. “He promised to turn all my wailing into dancing and he has.” Forgiven and Set Free guides suffering and hurting women to bring their emotional scars from abortion “out of the dark past and into his holy light,” where true and lasting healing can take place. Appropriate Scriptures help women to deal with issues such as: • Relief and Denial Teri Reisser, M.S., Paul Reisser, M.D. 1989 Zondervan Publishing House Help for the Post-abortion Woman by Teri and Paul Reisser deals compassionately with the emotional aftermath of abortion. It is written for women who think they are (or may be) suffering in the wake of abortion, and for loving family, friends, or those who desire as counselors to understand and help women with Post Abortion Syndrome. Psycho-Spiritual Healing After AbortionDouglas R. Crawford and Michael T. Mannion 1989 Sheed & Ward Pain is seldom one-dimensional, especially the pain deeply rooted in a woman's decision to abort her unborn child. Here are three representative case histories of women who have approached the authors, a clinical psychologist and a Roman Catholic priest. The authors explore the process of healing as a holistic process, involving the psychological as well as the spiritual, with neither view taken in isolation or in opposition to the other. In fact, they show that the psychological and the spiritual can and do complement one another. Grace and nature are one to those who see themselves as they are and this book reveals the natural bridge between human understanding and faith, science and spirituality, between God and all individuals. Psycho-Social Healing After Abortion is a helpful book for those who, as people of faith, seek to counsel a woman who has had an abortion: for the psychologist who recognizes the importance of faith in the struggle to be whole, and for the clergyperson who recognizes that it is inadequate to expect that “God will do it all.” It is a help for anyone concerned about the welfare of the woman who seeks healing after abortion. Women's Health After Abortion, The Medical and Psychological EvidenceElizabeth Ring-Cassidy & Ian Gentles 2002 The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research Based on the research and findings of more than 500 books and scientific papers, Women's Health After Abortion is a comprehensive, up-to-date report of the physical and psychological impact of induced abortion on women. It is essential reading for all those who counsel pregnant women, and for anyone interested in women's health. Making Abortion Rare, A Healing Strategy for a Divided NationDavid C. Reardon 1996 Acorn Books Is it possible for abortion to become rare even though it remains legal? Dr. Reardon answers “yes” and lays out an innovative three-pronged strategy for dramatically curtailing abortion rates. Making Abortion Rare reveals a compassionate and comprehensive program of pastoral, political, and educational reform. Pro-life and pro-choice leaders call this new approach “inspired.” Pro-abortion radicals scorn it as “devious.” But all three camps agree that Making Abortion Rare is redefining the abortion debate—forever. The Jericho Plan, Breaking Down the Walls Which Prevent Post-Abortion HealingDavid C. Reardon 1996 Acorn Books In this book, you will learn why the women and men who are experiencing unresolved grief over a past abortion feel trapped. They feel unable to express their pain or to seek the comfort of loved ones. On one hand, they fear that those who are pro-life will condemn and reject them. On the other hand, they fear that those who are pro-choice will deny their need to grieve and reject the reality of their pain. While useful for anyone interested in post-abortion healing, this book is especially directed toward ministers and clergy. It solves the difficult problem of how to preach on the abortion issue in a compassionate and unifying way. It provides background information on post-abortion issues, compelling testimonies, sample sermons, and an extensive directory of resources. Aborted Women, Silent No MoreDavid C. Reardon 1999 Loyola University Press Features: • A Survey of Women Who Aborted |