Additionally, women of faith need to realize abortion is more than forgiveness. There are many other areas which need to be addressed such as shame, anger, and grief. If forgiveness is the only focus for healing, then a woman will continue to struggle. She may pray again and again for forgiveness, but never feel the peace she is seeking. An abortion decision is not made in a vacuum and forgiveness is only a part of the healing process.
Many people have strong feelings about abortion as an issue.
As an outreach, we do not intend to debate abortion as an issue. We would rather recognize that, regardless of what a person s view is on abortion, they realize there are many people, especially women, who do suffer emotional trauma directly related to their abortion experience. Abortion is not a pleasant experience and for some can be a crippling event in their lives. For these women abortion is a dark shadow from the past. Shame and intense anger constantly rear their ugly heads.