Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion

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Summary: This hits the spot!
Review: As a post abortive person who has gone through the Rachel's Vineyard Retreat program -this book continues the healing journey! By revealing in depth things we cannot understand about ourselves all at once - It is accurate and compassionate , and so sad that so many of us need this help and take so long to find it - Thanks Theresa - FOr someone just learning about the painful affects of abortion it can only be helpful to realize they are not alone and how much that decision affects your whole life!

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Summary: A candid, powerful, and informative examination
Review: Featuring a foreword by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (a.k.a. radio personality "Dr. Laura"), Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain Of Abortion by Theresa Burke (psychotherapist and founder of post-abortion training and healing ministry Rachel's Vineyard) and with the assistance of David C. Reardon (post-abortion issues expert and Founding Director of the Elliot Institute) is a candid, powerful, and informative examination of the trauma of abortion, the dramatic negative impact it can have on women, and the grieving and recovery process women who have experienced abortion undergo. Written specifically to help women struggling with the pain of surviving an abortion, Forbidden Grief is highly recommended reading as an open, emotional, and serious work that seeks to help women heal from psychological and emotional post-abortion trauma.

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Summary: A candid, powerful, and informative examination
Review: Featuring a foreword by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (a.k.a. radio personality "Dr. Laura"), Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain Of Abortion by Theresa Burke (psychotherapist and founder of post-abortion training and healing ministry Rachel's Vineyard) and with the assistance of David C. Reardon (post-abortion issues expert and Founding Director of the Elliot Institute) is a candid, powerful, and informative examination of the trauma of abortion, the dramatic negative impact it can have on women, and the grieving and recovery process women who have experienced abortion undergo. Written specifically to help women struggling with the pain of surviving an abortion, Forbidden Grief is highly recommended reading as an open, emotional, and serious work that seeks to help women heal from psychological and emotional post-abortion trauma.

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Summary: Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion
Review: Forbidden Grief takes on a huge, controversial topic - politically, spiritually and emotionally - and delicately reveals the need for compassion, understanding and non-judgement. Through the heart-wrenching testimonies of women (and men) who have been affected by the loss of a child, in particular by abortion, we learn that there are many layers of woundedness and brokeness which actually affects each person's life from the moment of termination onward. So much is a woman affected by her decision to abort her fetus that time and other life experiences reveal how all areas of her life are simultaneously aborted: Self-esteem, self-forgiveness, faith practices, other loves or relationships in her life, work, family, friends, and sometimes the will to live. Forbidden Grief does not make a judgement on the woman or man who participates in an abortion. Yet, through the theraputic work of the authors, they have discovered that treating the person emotionally, spiritually, therapeutically and compassionately is the only way to healing what caused them to abort a child to begin with. The authors of Forbidden Grief have done a remarkable job in gathering testimonies and scientific and spiritual data so that those who are ignorant of the trauma of abortion, or any loss for that matter, can learn, gain compassion and possibly wisdom. A heart-wrenching yet awesome read.

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Summary: Thank You, Theresa Burke
Review: I am a post-abortive woman, who after 36 years of silence and denial, is finally finding healing and peace from the nightmare of my 3 abortions. My journey started by seeing a small box ad for Rachel's Vineyard retreats and then investigating their web site - www.rachelsvineyard.org. It was there that I "met" Theresa Burke and ordered this wonderful book. It was this book's honesty and courage that gave me the courage to go to my retreat. Theresa Burke investigates and reveals the horrors that many post-abortion women suffer. She also offers hope for healing. This is a MUST read for anyone touched by abortion's nightmare. Thank you Theresa Burke.

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Summary: Thank You, Theresa Burke
Review: I am a post-abortive woman, who after 36 years of silence and denial, is finally finding healing and peace from the nightmare of my 3 abortions. My journey started by seeing a small box ad for Rachel's Vineyard retreats and then investigating their web site - www.rachelsvineyard.org. It was there that I "met" Theresa Burke and ordered this wonderful book. It was this book's honesty and courage that gave me the courage to go to my retreat. Theresa Burke investigates and reveals the horrors that many post-abortion women suffer. She also offers hope for healing. This is a MUST read for anyone touched by abortion's nightmare. Thank you Theresa Burke.

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Summary: Witness to the Truth
Review: I read this book shortly after my Rachel's Vineyard retreat, which was in May 2004 (25 years after my abortion). Reading this book has definelty played a part in my abortion healing process. Each story of pain and grief has validated my own. I would recommend it to anyone who has had an abortion, or who knows someone who has had one...A mother's love DOES begin at conception.

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Summary: Witness to the Truth
Review: I read this book shortly after my Rachel's Vineyard retreat, which was in May 2004 (25 years after my abortion). Reading this book has definelty played a part in my abortion healing process. Each story of pain and grief has validated my own. I would recommend it to anyone who has had an abortion, or who knows someone who has had one...A mother's love DOES begin at conception.

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Summary: great book
Review: it is a good book. I recommend it... but most importantly i want to say to all women who had abortion what my friend told me before i had abortion, "I will love you anyway". I want all of you to know that God loves you anyway and you do deserve to live happy afterwards. Punishing yourself for the rest of your life is not the way to go, love and forgive yourself....

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Summary: Hope and Healing
Review: Over ten years ago I had two abortions and this book was a real eye opener! I didn't understand, why I have felt such strong sadness and grief or had such overwhelming periods of anxiety and panic attacks at certain times or events throughout the year. This book was insightful and full of hope and healing. I see now that I wasn't "going mad" but just another victim of society's lie that abortions don't really affect you. I was touched and very moved by the stories of other women. It was very healing for me that I could really relate to their stories and that I did not feel alone in my pain.