Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Abortion—some pray for the men and women involved,
while others participate in marches for life, reach out to women
experiencing unexpected pregnancies, or advocate for life-affirming
legislation. But even if legalized abortion were to end today, the
aftermath would continue far into the future.

There’s no undoing the abortions that have been
performed—forty-five million in the United States alone, according to
one estimate for 1973 to 2005, with 27 percent of those abortions
performed on professing Catholics. And there’s no quick fix for the
suffering of the even greater number of people who are affected by every
abortion: the child’s parents but also other family members and
friends. These men and women often carry secret burdens of grief for
years afterwards.

These are sobering realities—and yet, there is hope for these
millions who are living with the isolating darkness that may follow an
abortion. Because of “the tender mercy of our God” (Luke 1:78), the
healing light of Christ can touch and transform them. And through our
love and compassion, you and I can be messengers of God’s mercy to them.
We can tell them: If you have been touched by abortion, whether your own or that of someone close to you, there is hope for healing.

read the rest here: http://wau.org/archives/article/when_the_grief_wont_go_away/