In a textbook intended to train abortion clinic counselors, the author identifies sources of women’s conflict over having abortions.
Conflict with an abortion decision
Emotional conflict
¡ I’m never going to forgive myself.
¡ I’m going to miss the baby after it’s gone.
Spiritual conflict
¡ Will God forgive me? Is abortion a sin?
¡ I’m worried about what God is thinking about me.
Moral conflict
¡ I think abortion is murder but I still have to have one.
The book identifies the following as something a woman might say:
”Patient: [crying] I feel like I’m killing my baby.”
ALISSA PERRUCCI, PHD “Decision assessment and counseling in abortion care” MPH WOMEN’S OPTIONS CENTER SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FIAPAC OCTOBER 3, 2014
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