Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Those of us who have experienced  healing from abortion are only too aware of the impact it has, not only on our lives, but the lives of those around us. I think that the denial lived with following abortion shields us from not only seeing what we have done, but how this act has hurt others.

 

As we heal and find the forgiveness and mercy of God, we are able to understand more fully that it is not just us who are impacted, but all those around us and society as a whole. This reality can be difficult to face.  It is because of this reality that Lumina began post abortive sibling days and separate days for men who need to heal from abortion. Much more needs to be addressed, by God's grace, I am certain it will be.

 

 

 

Feminist author and blogger Jessica Valenti, known for (among other things) advocating free abortions on demand and without apology, recently wrote an apology for her own abortion. Yet, she couldn't even use the word. Instead, Valenti's essay poignantly describes the dire medical circumstances surrounding her unplanned pregnancy, her adoring love for the toddler she already has, the loss of her hope to provide her daughter with a sister, and the traditions she has cultivated around the family table to pass on the her child, such as Sunday sauce.

So it is here, it seems—at the family table—that abortion has finally arrived in its collective meaning for all of us. The semiotics of abortion in American culture has evolved, and with it the images that give its meaning power: from the dark, dirty alley; to the clean, well-lighted clinic; and now, to the warm glow of the family dining room.

Read the rest of Prior's article here.

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Are you a woman, man, or sibling suffering from the effects of abortion? Lumina can help! Please contact us today at 1-877-586-4321 to find hope & healing.  Visit the Lumina Website for more information.

Remember that "nothing is definitively lost."  Blessed Pope John Paul II