If you have had an abortion and are having trouble coping, please seek support from a non-judgmental helping professional or supportive person.

Using the hurt you feel to try to prevent others from having access to abortion is NOT productive or helpful. It causes more harm.

The vast majority of people I see are not negatively impacted by their abortion(s).

Most people who feel distress feel it around the situation that led them to seek abortion care, not the abortion care itself.

People can also feel distress because the people around them are trying to make them feel bad for terminating a pregnancy.

Abortions don’t cause distress, in fact, most people report feelings of relief afterwards.

People seeking abortion care who are denied it have worse outcomes than those who were able to get the care they sought.

People who do feel distress after an abortion deserve support, and compassion. Not guilt trips.

If someone is making you feel bad for terminating a pregnancy, they aren’t supporting you.

People who feel bad after having an abortion are targeted with attempts at radicalization through conflation of distress with abortion. As if you need to “repent” and become prolife.

Examples: “abortion healing retreats”, and the like. These do not help, they exacerbate distress and contribute to radicalization.