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POST-ABORTION BOOKLISTA Solitary Sorrow, Finding Healing & Wholeness After AbortionTeri Reisser, M.S., M.F.T. with Paul Reisser, M.D. 1999 Life Cycle Books 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:
Victims and Victors, Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault Edited by David C. Reardon, Julie Makimaa and Amy Sobie 2000 Acorn Books 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 Healing C.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 Women Linda 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:
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 Abortion Douglas 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 Evidence Elizabeth 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 Nation David 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 Healing David 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 More David C. Reardon 1999 Loyola University Press Features:
LIFE BEFORE BIRTHIs the Human Embryo a Person?John Gallagher 1985 Human Life Research Institute Reports No. 4 Much of the current debate about abortion centres on whether the unborn are human persons. The discussion often involves unexamined presuppositions and imprecise use of terms. An adequate discussion of the issue involves consideration of certain key ideas which are among the most important intellectual tools we possess in our effort to understand ourselves and our world. This essay is an attempt to analyse these ideas carefully in order that the discussion may be a search for the truth rather than a buttressing of predetermined positions. The Concentration Can, When Does Life Begin? An Eminent Geneticist Testifies Jerome Lejeune 1992 Ignatius Press World-renowned geneticist Jerome Lejeune presents a fascinating account of his testimony about the origin of human life during a historic case in Marysville, Tennessee. When asked by the media why, with no advance notice and in the midst of a heavy work schedule, he came immediately from Paris, France to testify in a small town in Tennessee, Lejeune responded, "If the judgment of Solomon, which is pronounced only once every thousand years, occurs during your lifetime, it's worth a detour." How Life Begins, The Science of Life in the Womb Christopher Vaughan 1999 Dell Publishing Is morning sickness actually good for you? Do babies dream in the womb, and if so, what about? How does the developing fetus prepare itself for birth? Until recently, the daily miracles of life inside the womb remained a mystery to those of us outside it. This extraordinary book, drawn from the latest in prenatal research and written with a parent's sense of curiosity and awe, opens a window on the hidden world of the child-to-be "and offers a rare glimpse at what the developing fetus sees, hears, and learns while preparing to be born, including: How a fetus's eye movements work to "boot up" the computer that is the developing brain…How the fetus actually teaches itself to draw its first breath. How cells in the fetus's hands and feet commit programmed suicide to create fingers and toes, and how the baby becomes the choreographer of her mother's labor - and the director of his own birth" The Zero People Edited by Jeff Lane Hensley 1983 Servant Books Who are the Zero People? They're the unborn children who never do get born. They're the old folks to whom someone wants to give a "happy death" before their time comes. They're the handicapped children whom the doctor thinks it merciful to "release from life." They're the "hopelessly ill", the "vegetables", whether by injury or birth. In fact, if you're in an accident tomorrow, you could become one of the Zero People. The Secret Life of the Unborn Child Thomas Verny, M.D. with John Kelly 1981 Collins Publishers With this new knowledge at their disposal, mothers and fathers have an unparalleled opportunity to help shape the personality of their unborn child. They can actively contribute to his happiness and well-being, and not just in utero , nor in the years immediately following birth, but for the rest of his life. Death Before Birth Edited by E.J. Kremer and E.A. Synan 1974 Grift House The abortion issue is too important to be left to sloganeering. Although the issue divides our communities, we are ‘rational,' we can give reasons for our own views, and we can weigh the reasons of those from whom we dissent. In this volume, seventeen authors have contributed their reasons for rejecting abortion. Is a fetus human? What does it mean to be human? How did Canada arrive at her present abortion legislation? Whose rights are at stake when a child is "unwanted" If rights are in conflict, whose rights ought to prevail? Are all physicians, all psychiatrists, in favour of abortion on demand? Why not? Does commitment to women's lib mean assent to easy abortion? The seventeen contributors subject questions of this sort to critical discussion; these are questions of life and death for the unborn, for society, for you. In My Mother's Womb, The Catholic Church's Defense of Natural Life Donald DeMarco 1987 Trinity Communications This book is a remarkably interesting and effective statement of the Catholic view of human life. In Part I, author Donald DeMarco focuses on abortion in its relation to compassion, the use of language, Church teaching, contraception, the family, and bio-engineering. In Part II, he looks at other bioethical issues, brining In My Mother's Womb completely up-to-date with treatements of bioethics and theology, genetic engineering, in vitro fertilization, fetal experimentation, sex-preselection, and surrogate motherhood. The book concludes with a moving critique of technologized parenthood. Rites of Life, The Scientific Evidence of Life Before Birth Landrum Shettles, M.D. & David Rorvik 1983 The Zondervan Corporation "We cannot respect life if we do not know life." These words of David Rorvik capsulize the purpose of this book. In Rites of Life, this noted science writer teams with a leading authority in human embryology to examine the fascinating world of the unborn. Through words and photographs they offer a unique look at the unfolding drama that has been too often ignored in the public debate over when life begins. The Human Development Hoax, Time to Tell the Truth C. Ward Kischer, M.S., Ph.D. and Dianne Irving, M.A., Ph.D. 1995 Gold Lead Press This is an anthology of recent articles which concern human pre-natal development (embryology), its true science, and its relation to philosophy and public policy. It was prepared in order to widen the dissemination of and to correct the misstatements about human pre-natal development (embryology), its true science, and its relation to philosophy and public policy. It was prepared in order to widen the dissemination of and to correct the misstatements about human embryology, and to encourage others to use the correct human embryology in their own fields of endeavor. Beginning Life, The Marvelous Journey from Conception to Birth Geraldine Lux Flanagan 1996 Firefly Books Ltd. The story of the remarkable journey which all of us make from conception to birth has never been more graphically or movingly told. Hour by hour, then day by day, then week by week, Geraldine Lux Flanagan unravels for us the mysteries of that inner world in which we are first formed as human beings. The Facts of Life, A Three-Dimensional Study Jonathan Miller and David Pelham 1984 Jonathan Cape Limited This remarkable book, from the creators of ‘The Human Body', reveals in breathtaking three-dimensional illustrations the miraculous story of life before birth. The human male and female reproductive systems, the fertilisation of the egg and the subsequent development of the baby are described in outstanding detail. Being Born Sheila Kitzinger with Photography by Lennart Nilsson 1990 Penguin Books What could you see, what could you hear, what could you feel, what did you do in that dark place inside your mother's body? What was it like to be born? Sensitively told, superbly photographed, this is the documentary story of the nine-month journey from conception to birth. |
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