WHAT IS POST ABORTION STRESS?

Post-Abortion Stress is the chronic inability to:

a) Process the painful thoughts and emotions about a crisis pregnancy and subsequent abortion(s) - the guilt, anger, and grief
b) Identify (much less grieve) the loss that was incurred
c) Come to peace with herself and others

WHAT FACTORS INDICATE A WOMAN MAY BE AT RISK?The research has pinpointed factors that may predict a negative emotional response:

prior children	religious affiliation and religious conservatism
prior abortion(s)	lack of relationship support and/or immature interpersonal relationships
low self esteem	genetic rather than elective abortion
second trimester abortions	prior unresolved trauma
more maternal orientation	lack of support from one's family of origin
forced or coerced abortion	adolescent rather than adult status
pre-abortion ambivalence	biased pre-abortion counseling
prior emotional problems

Make a choice today…

                                to begin the healing process