Experiencing Abortion

Most books about abortion focus on the decision-making process. Experiencing Abortion instead focuses on women's post-abortion feelings and experiences through interviews with women with similar emotions or concerns but with a different race/ethnicity, age, religious belief, and number of abortions. In doing so, it offers other women who have had abortions a place to turn to for support, understanding, and a sense of community during a time when they often experience feelings of alienation, guilt, shame, and loss.

Kushner, Eve

Contents Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgments - Part I: Responding to the Changes - Chapter 1. Moving Through Moodiness - Chapter 2. Coping With Stress and Regaining Control - Chapter 3. The Empowering Force of Anger - Chapter 4. Allowing Ourselves to Grieve the Losses - Chapter 5. Relief: Now and Later - Part II: Working Toward Acceptance - Chapter 6. Lifting the Veil of Denial - Chapter 7. A New Self Emerges - Chapter 8. Feeling Sure of the Decision - Chapter 9. In the Mind's Eye: What the Fetus, Pregnancy, and Abortion Mean to Us - Part III: Our Bodies--Friends or Enemies? - Chapter 10. Making Peace With Our Bodies - Chapter 11. Preventing Pregnancy, Preserving Pleasure - Chapter 12. Ending More Than One Pregnancy - Part IV: When Relationships Shift - Chapter 13. Breaking Through Silence - Chapter 14. Family: When We Confront Our Biggest Fans and Harshest Judges - Chapter 15. Friends: When Pregnancy and Abortion Test Platonic Ties - Chapter 16. Partners: When the Crisis Highlights a Relationship's Strengths and Weaknesses - Chapter 17. Gender Awareness: When Feelings About Women and Men Change - Part V: Moving On - Epilogue: Feeling Better After Abortion - Recommended Reading - Index