Post-Abortion Resources
Crisis Hotlines:
National Helpline For Abortion Recovery
The confidential 24/7 professional helpline employs both professional and lay counselors across the nation who are trained and compassionate to help those who are hurting after abortion. Many have experienced abortion themselves and through their own healing are helping others.
Helpline
“H3HELPLINE is a national helpline that provides free and confidential emotional support to people experiencing stress or trauma after abortion. We can all help you emotionally heal after an abortion.” Helpline is available 24/7!
Abortion Recovery International
Recovery Care HELPLINE:
1-866-721-7881
abortionrecoveryinternational.org
Abortion Recovery International Network (ARIN) seeks to connect people hurting from abortion to an Abortion Recovery Program in their area.
BOOKS: Healing Classes
Surrendering the Secret
Many women hide the secret of abortion deep in their hearts and they are suffering severe consequences. They carry a great burden of shame and failure, afraid to reveal their hidden pain, and by doing so are forced to endure the long-lasting effects in isolation. Surrendering the Secret will allow women to release this burden and find freedom through ‘redemptive community’ while experiencing hope and joy, as shame and failure are replaced with beauty. Find the path to healing through honest, interactive Bible study, meaningful group experiences, unique journaling exercises, and confidential, caring community.
Forgiven and Set Free
Disheartening numbers of women have undergone an abortion–and they need help to heal emotionally and spiritually. This study was developed out of Linda Cochrane’s own experience of being freed from the bondage of guilt and grief that followed her abortion. Forgiven and Set Free guides suffering and hurting women to bring their emotional scars from abortion “out of the dark past and into his holy light,” where true and lasting healing can take place. Appropriate Scriptures help women deal with issues such as relief, denial, anger, forgiveness, depression, letting go, and acceptance.
Healing a Father's Heart
Too often, the focus on the tragedy of abortion ignores another victim: the father. In this insightful Bible study the focal point shifts to the post-abortion father, who may feel the same guilt, shame and grief as the mother. Designed for use in a personal or group setting, Healing a Father’s Heart provides comfort and encouragement along the way to freedom from the emotions that impact their relationships with others – and with God.
Save The One Study
saveone.org
Save One will give you the necessary tools to assist in rebuilding your life. We offer help through group study, one-on-one help, or answering questions and giving encouragement through self-study. Together we can find the answers to the questions you may have. We will help you gain control of your stray emotions, free yourself of guilt, find your source of courage, renew your mind, experience how far God’s grace truly extends, and much more. You can begin again! you will learn how to overcome depressions, anger, denial, and guilt while being provided hope for a new beginning. Men’s study also available.
Her Choice to Heal
Written by Sydna Masse, the Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Program (Her Choice to Heal book and the companion Her Choice to Heal Recovery Guide) offers personal testimonies that help the reader identify and understand their own emotions after abortion. Each week this 9-12 week post-abortion bible study allows women to work further into the recovery process and address different emotions of healing – anger, denial, forgiveness, grief, etc. Healing exercises are also included to help the participant understand their pain and work through their grief. The personal testimonies are particularly useful when the ministry leaders are not post-abortive. The reader is also led through a daily scripture reading program as well as encouraged to memorize one verse each week. Incorporating new areas of need like breaking sexual soul ties, this abortion recovery program is a great tool for any post-abortion ministry effort.
Cradle My Heart
For eight to ten million American Christian women, abortion is not just a political or medical issue-it is a spiritual issue as well. Abortion raises questions of life and death, heaven and hell, grief and loss. You may be asking: Does God hate me? Can I be forgiven? Is it really possible to just start over with God? Kim Ketola asked these questions as well. In Cradle My Heart, she lays out a compassionate path toward spiritual healing. You will learn how to: Face yourself and face God; Forgive and be forgiven; Repent and accept God’s love; Grieve and find an end to sorrow. With an understanding and empathetic voice, Kim Ketola exposes the hurt in your heart, reveals the healing in God’s heart, and brings the two together to create a whole heart where restoration-celebration-are possible.
Men & Abortion:
The Unchoice
Abortion’s impact on men is something experts are only beginning to explore, understand and address. Learn more about men and abortion on this page and find links to helpful resources and outreach projects, too. There is also more information about how to help or find help on our help and healing page for women and men, fathers or families considering or coercing abortion or suffering after abortion.
Men & Abortion
Our Mission: To promote emotional healing for men who have lost a child to abortion, and to create awareness among the counseling community, the pro-life movement and society as a whole regarding the impact of abortion on millions of these hurting fathers.
Hollywood movie producer Jonathan Flora, Louisiana firefighter Jeff Phipps, and Tripp Curtis, now a father of 12. For each one, memories of the past bring intense regret and pain, but they share their stories in hopes that other men can find healing and hope.
Retired sports anchor John Morales and film producer Jason Jones lead very different lives, but each suffered the same traumatic experience: anger, depression, commitment issues and guilt over the loss of his child to abortion.
Memorials
The National Memorial
For The Unborn
The National Memorial for the Unborn is dedicated to healing generations of pain associated with the loss of aborted and miscarried children. No longer must these children remain nameless and forgotten, but are honoured through the Memorial’s “Wall of Names” and “Remembrance Garden” allowing mothers, fathers and other family members to begin the healing process.
A Cry Without A Voice
A collection of baby shoes tagged by mothers, fathers, siblings, and friends in memory of actual children lost to abortion. The baby shoes have been sent to A Cry Without a Voice after completing an abortion recovery group or tagged at events across the country where the baby shoes have been displayed.