There is an emotional aftermath side to abortion no one told you about. There is nowhere to grieve the loss. Who can understand the regret and the pain of this decision? You may struggle with some difficult questions, feelings or destructive behaviors but we understand at MAPS. Our abortion recovery facilitators have walked your path of pain and isolation. Through sharing with others in a safe, supportive and confidential group we found healing and freedom. We can help you find this freedom too.
We offer small support groups each one, using a study, designed to help women like you process the emotional aftermath of an abortion. Whether it was recent or many years ago, you can be healed and set free from the regret, shame and guilt you may be carrying. This may be the best choice you ever made!
A Personal Abortion Story
"When I was in college my second semester sophomore year, I studied abroad and while oversees I got into a relationship with a lady that turned serious. I was a Christian but my walk with God was not strong and I was very much living in the world and looking like it! This lady and I became real serious and after some time we found out that a child was on the way. I was in my early 20’s at the time and she was in her late 20’s. I offered to go back to her country and live there, get married and raise the child with her but she said that wasn’t an option. She was not a Christian and I still at times pray for her when the Lord puts her on my heart… So we went to an abortion clinic and they used the vacuum process and I remember afterwards looking at her, she looked so drained like her life was reduced! It really didn’t hit me until after I started walking closely with the Lord about 5 years prior to what had happened. I felt deep regret and felt responsible for a life that was taken and it hurt deeply. I remember ardently seeking the Lord and asking Him to forgive me and heal me and He did yet it took time! Make no mistake taking an unborn child’s life through abortion is murder and I was part of that, yet the Lord has forgiven me and healed me from this sin. There are times I have dreams and see the child, smiling and I know he or she is with Christ in Heaven, and one day I will get to fellowship with he or she and I am looking forward to that day only because of the forgiveness I have experienced in Christ and the extreme mercy and grace that God has showered on me can I truly say that." - Graham
