They view life as a cyclical process. Life is in a continual cycle of death and rebirth. A woman that kills her child through abortion believes that her child will be released back into the cosmic force. The aborted child that is released into the cosmos is believed to be awaiting reincarnation. The guilt over an abortion is temporarily minimized by a pseudo-spiritual rationale.
Feminist spirituality teaches post-abortion rituals.
However, the rituals and communal support offered to post-aborted women erect a barrier between a woman and her conscience. Ritual provides a woman with the means of identifying and communicating her conflictive emotions yet prohibits true resolution through repentance. Most post-abortion rituals involve a purifying of the aborted woman. Female friends may participate in the ritual cleansing by offering affirmation in the form of poetry or song. The purification, the freedom from guilt and sin, that post-aborted women know they need is an inner purification.