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:"Pro-choice activists have come to embrace the idea that many women who've had abortions can benefit from non-ideological counseling. So why are the groups that provide such counseling having so much trouble raising money?" | :"Pro-choice activists have come to embrace the idea that many women who've had abortions can benefit from non-ideological counseling. So why are the groups that provide such counseling having so much trouble raising money?" | ||
:"Since 2002, Exhale has served 15,000 women on its hotline, and while Emerge is a local group that has reached only a few dozen people, pro-choice groups across the country are using it as a model for new post-abortion counseling services, Madsen says." | :"Since 2002, Exhale has served 15,000 women on its hotline, and while Emerge is a local group that has reached only a few dozen people, pro-choice groups across the country are using it as a model for new post-abortion counseling services, Madsen says." | ||
===Significance of Post-Abortion Programs Sponsored by Pro-Choice Advocates=== | |||
While most pro-abortion groups deny that there are significant emotional risks associated with abortion, that view is undermined by the fact that even pro-choice advocates have discovered a need to address powerful negative reactions to abortion among themselves and their friends and in their communities. | |||
Some pro-abortion advocates, seek to deny on one hand and affirm on the other. For example, [[Brenda Major]] was the lead author of the APA position paper denying significant emotional effects associated with abortion, but she is also on the advisory board of Exhale, a pro-choice group that offer post-abortion counseling for women struggling with grief, guilt, substance abuse and other mental health problems following their abortions. | |||
Revision as of 11:08, 27 October 2009
This Listing of Groups and Resources Is Provided for Research Purposes Only and Does NOT Imply Any Kind of Endorsement or Recommendation
Groups and Resources with a Pro-Choice Slant
- Healthy coping after an abortion from the Abortion Conversation Project.
- Project Voice oral history project
- Terra Wise does pro-choice post-abortion work in Santa Barbara, California.
Books on Post-Abortion Healing With a Pro-Choice Slant
The Healing Choice: Your Guide to Emotional Recovery after an Abortion Candace De Puy, Ph.D., M.S.W. and Dana Dovitch, PH.D., M.F.C.C., Simon & Schuster, 1997
Experiencing Abortion: A Weaving of Women’s Words
Eve Kushner, Harrington Park Press, 1997
Peace after Abortion
Ava Torre-Bueno, Pimpernel Press, 1997
Peace After Abortion website
Articles Related to Post-Abortion Healing from a Pro-Choice Perspective
- The Abortion Counseling Conundrum Dana Goldstein | June 30, 2008
- "Pro-choice activists have come to embrace the idea that many women who've had abortions can benefit from non-ideological counseling. So why are the groups that provide such counseling having so much trouble raising money?"
- "Since 2002, Exhale has served 15,000 women on its hotline, and while Emerge is a local group that has reached only a few dozen people, pro-choice groups across the country are using it as a model for new post-abortion counseling services, Madsen says."
Significance of Post-Abortion Programs Sponsored by Pro-Choice Advocates
While most pro-abortion groups deny that there are significant emotional risks associated with abortion, that view is undermined by the fact that even pro-choice advocates have discovered a need to address powerful negative reactions to abortion among themselves and their friends and in their communities.
Some pro-abortion advocates, seek to deny on one hand and affirm on the other. For example, Brenda Major was the lead author of the APA position paper denying significant emotional effects associated with abortion, but she is also on the advisory board of Exhale, a pro-choice group that offer post-abortion counseling for women struggling with grief, guilt, substance abuse and other mental health problems following their abortions.