Nancyjo Mann, founder and president of Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA), an early group for post-abortion women which had over 10,000 members and many chapters, gives her observations:
“One psychological effect we see almost all the time is guilt. Others are suicidal impulses, a sense of loss, of unfulfillment. Mourning, regret and remorse. Withdrawal, loss of confidence in decision-making capabilities. They feel that maybe they’ve made a wrong decision, maybe they can’t make another decision right in their life. Lowering of self-esteem. Preoccupation with death. Hostilities, self-destructive behavior, anger and rage. You could lose your temper quickly. A despair, helplessness, desire to remember the death date which is really weird, but you do that. You remember these dates very strongly. Preoccupation with the would be due date or due month. My daughter was due in early March, so in early March. It’s there…”
Nancyjo Mann, “Women From WEBA To Fight Abortions” The Washington Times, August 3, 1983. Quoted in Paul B Fowler Abortion: Toward an Evangelical Consensus (Portland, Oregon: Multnomah Press, 1987)
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