Abortion Trauma - Someone Cares

Abortion has traumatizing effects

Abortion pain is real and leaves a deep and wide, serious wound.

No matter where you are on your abortion journey – if you experienced it last week or 40 years ago – complete healing is possible and available through Someone Cares.

As women, we are designed in mind, spirit and body to make life, not destroy it.

Abortion cuts deeply into our God-given nature to be a life-giver, leaving trauma wounds that need healing.

There is hope and help!

After abortion, people may feel:

Alone and guilty...with a story too awful to share.

Angry with themselves...and others who facilitated the abortion.

Regret and shame...the opposite of publicly celebrated abortions.

Deep sadness...around pregnant women, new mothers, or grandparents.

Protective and guarded...not authentic or honest in relationships.

Fearful of judgment, gossip...and the perception of God’s anger.

Emotionally numb...missing out on fully experiencing life.

Confused...with a variety of unpredictable emotions.

There is
hope!

These and many other trauma reactions effect women who have had one or more abortions. Someone Cares has been helping women heal their hearts from abortion trauma wounds for over 30 years. We are here for you.

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After abortions, women may:

Abuse their bodies...with drugs, alcohol, or unhealthy eating habits.

Continually have problems...in their relationships with family and friends.

Act out in their pain...setting themselves up for failure in many areas of life.

Have low self-esteem...leading them into damaging and dysfunctional relationships.

Become hyper controlling...an anxious perfectionist, addicted to performance and productivity.

Bury their pain...pretending the abortion didn’t happen, not understanding why they feel depressed and self-sabotage.

Separate from God...falsely believing He doesn’t love them anymore, being too ashamed to face Him, or afraid of punishment.

Think and behave with unhealthy patterns...among many other ways of reacting and coping that keep them from thriving and living full lives..

Take
heart!

Freedom and victory can be the next chapter of your life! There is a hopeful future available for everyone who is negatively effected by abortion!

After attending Someone Cares retreat I found a hope that grows deep in my soul day by day.

I never would have imagined that processing my secrets and shadows would begin a healing journey that brings such hope and joy into my life.

I don’t feel alone anymore and now I have tons of tools to help me process my guilt and shame.

My secret chained me in darkness for years, but once it became my testimony, I was freed to live in the light!

Someone Cares made me feel heard, accepted, loved, forgiven, peaceful, and have closure.

Not only did my child die, but a part of me died.

I went to the retreat halfway happy, but I left dancing and rejoicing! Deep levels of complete forgiveness and freedom had rescued me.

I was forced to get an abortion. But I see now that I am not powerless to fully recover. I can have victory over my past, and a thriving future!

I cannot emphasize “find your grief community” enough. Healing truly began after that. It saved me.

I lived in denial that my abortion and bad decisions were negatively impacting me.

Levels of complete forgiveness and freedom rescued me! I am grateful for the ministry of Someone Cares. It blessed me with new beginnings!

My step-father abused me and then took me to the abortion clinic.

It’s a lot of work to hide and remind myself that I’m not forgivable. It’s a lot of work to reject God. When I went to Him and put this before Him, and I asked for forgiveness, and really received that gift, all that work is over. It’s just done. And now I can rest.

I used to feel that my story was too ugly and horrifying to share. Once it was in God’s hands, my story became my powerful testimony.

I was hesitant to go to Someone Cares. But as I surrendered everything concerning abortions’ lost journey to God, He released me of poison I didn’t realize was within my soul.

I lost my child. I lost a part of myself, and this ministry gave me the opportunity to grieve that when the world would say, “It’s a choice you made, just move on.”

After I aborted I felt undeserving of being loved, even by God.

I went to the class and I began to understand who God really was, and who I was in Christ. And there was nothing I could do that would make Him stop loving me.

I was just so shut down that I didn’t even want to hear any conversation about abortion, even if it was positive.

After this soul-searching retreat something divine happened to me. It is unexplainable.

I didn’t think that someone like me, who had had an abortion, deserved healing, compassion, unconditional love, a place to grieve my unborn child. And above all of that, forgiveness. And I definitely didn’t think anyone cared.

Someone Cares is a safe place to be vulnerable and courageous.

I was in such bondage to my abortion, that I faced a lot of other struggles.

I feel that God has redeemed my life from the pit.

I felt assured in my spirit that God had forgiven me. But I had not forgiven myself. It never occurred to me how important forgiving myself was.

I was afraid that if people knew what I had done they would have nothing to do with me. It was very lonely. I thought, if I could just pretend that it never happened, life would get back to normal. That never happened.

I love the Someone Cares facilitators. They loved us, and when we had doubts, they were there for us. Their prayers and encouragement meant the world to me.

After my abortion, anger had seeped into every area of my life, and I blamed it on everyone else, including God.

I saw God’s loving kindness. His mercy. His goodness. He can use my story, and use my life, to encourage and help other women.

Lord, you know every step I will take before my journey even begins. You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past.
- Psalm 139:5

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