Many women who choose abortion struggle with emotional, physical or spiritual distress after that choice. Most of these women are suffering in silence. Most of those with an abortion in their past don’t understand that much of the difficulty they experience in their lives can be traced to the decision and the circumstances that led them to make that one decision. And it’s not just the women who are affected. The men who would have been fathers are equally, yet differently affected.

Post-Abortion Stress is an adverse emotional reaction to abortion. It is often a delayed reaction and can surface at any time in a person’s life… and when it does, it can be confusing, painful and overwhelming.

Symptoms and Common Reactions: