Out of the Back Alley

We’ve taken the issue of “choice” off the streets and out of the back-alley. It is now time to let those who have made the choice grieve their loss without the spotlight of political or religious dialogue.

Women who’ve made the choice shouldn’t have to risk rejection, condemnation, misunderstanding or disapproval just because at a later point in time they are searching for resolution to their loss.

Those who’ve chosen shouldn’t have to assume that if they even try to resolve the grief around the issue that they are putting choice in jeopardy of de- legalization. This would be paramount to a person suffering from alcoholism being afraid to get help because it might cause the nation to go back into the era of prohibition.

It should not only be “OK” to get help to process a past abortion, but it should be absolutely acceptable in the eyes of our culture.I’ve been helping women grieve their abortion losses for 14 years now. Through this process, I’ve realized that we are keeping women in the dark ages because they are unable to grieve a very important loss in their life. This type of grief is called disenfranchised grief.