If you’re struggling with a past abortion, or know someone who is, please know that you/they are not alone. A past abortion is definitely not easy to talk about.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Experience shows that women, men and family members who have experienced an abortion often have difficulties emotionally, physically, socially, mentally and spiritually. It doesn't matter if the abortion was 20 hours, 20 days or 20 years ago. It doesn't matter what ethnicity, gender, age, religion, ability or socio-economic status a person is. If someone is having a hard time with a past abortion... Pregnancy Resource Center will help you through the healing process. Call or email us... we can help!!
Post Abortion Sydrome
If you've experienced an abortion, your life may have changed in the following ways. We can help.
- abusive behavior
- alcohol and / or drug use
- avoids baby reminders (like baby showers, baby stores, etc.)
- changes in relationship / marriage (70% of relationships/marriages break up within 1 year of an abortion, 90% within 5 years)
- control issues
- crying spells
- difficulty in all types of intimacy
- divides time into "before" and "after" the abortion
- eating disorders
- fails to bond with subsequent children
- loss of interest in sex
- loss of normal sources of pleasure
- marital stress
- need of financial success
- over-protective of living children
- promiscuity or frigidity
- reduced motivation
- secretive
- self-punishing and / or self-degrading behavior
- sleep disturbances
- strained relationship with living children
- suicidal impulses
- tolerates abusive relationships
- wants atonement / replacement child
- withdrawn