Abortion Recovery

Without question, abortion can be one of the most traumatic experiences in a person’s life. Many women hide the secret of abortion and carry incredible burdens.

Rachel’s Vineyard is a weekend retreat program that offers healing to any woman or man who has struggled with the emotional or spiritual pain of abortion. The retreat is an opportunity to examine your abortion experience, identify the ways that the loss has impacted you in the past and present, and help acknowledge any unresolved feelings that many individuals struggle with after abortion. Because of the emotional numbness and secrecy that often surrounds an abortion experience, conflicting emotions both during and after the event may remain unresolved. These buried feelings can surface later and may be symptoms of post-abortion trauma.

Some women experience post-abortion trauma immediately; they process their feelings and move on. Others exist in a lifelong state of denial and emotional confusion. Emotions can move from guilt to grief, grief to regret, regret to anger, and anger to defensiveness.

Some examples of trauma are drug and alcohol abuse, sexual promiscuity, multiple abortions, intense grief/sadness, etc.

Please visit the national website at rachelsvineyard.org for more information. Contact us if you would like to attend a retreat or have questions.