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Brochure of the Month: May 2020
Healing within Marriage after Abortion
When Susan*’s husband, Juan, told her about the abortion he had been involved with in college, she finally understood why he was so depressed and had trouble bonding with their children.
Abortion has a strong effect on a person, but a man or woman who has an abortion in their past does not always share that information with their fiancé or spouse. With 60 million abortions since 1973, there are a great number of marriages suffering because of the effect of a past abortion. Many times those who have participated in abortion are not even aware of the countless ways it is affecting their lives. They may overreact to a situation or fear rejection if the spouse discovers their secret. Telling a spouse or fiancé about a past abortion can be frightening, but dealing with the situation together can bring healing and even greater closeness. Sometimes a spouse will ‘spiritually adopt’ the aborted child, just as they would have welcomed and adopted the child if they were alive.
* names changed to protect privacy.
Links to the text on the USCCB website are here:
English and Spanish (these links are to 8.5 x 11 inch format.)