Burke, Theresa Karminski. <br/><br/>
Forbidden grief :  the unspoken pain of abortion / 
 Unspoken pain of abortion  Pain of abortion 
Theresa Burke with David C. Reardon ; foreword by Laura Schlessinger. 
 - Springfield, IL :  Acorn Books,  c2002. 
 - xxi, 327 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309) and index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE Gina's Story 23 -- CHAPTER TWO Hiding the Truth 31 -- CHAPTER THREE Forbidding the Grief 49 -- CHAPTER FOUR A Time to Grieve, A Time to Heal 63 -- CHAPTER FIVE Maternal Confusion 69 -- CHAPTER SIX Mind Games: The Use and Misuse of 81 -- Defense Mechanisms -- CHAPTER SEVEN Connections to the Past 93 -- CHAPTER EIGHT Abortion as a Traumatic Experience 105 -- CHAPTER NINE Memories Unleashed 121 -- CHAPTER TEN Reenacting Trauma 133 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Repeat Abortions 145 -- CHAPTER TWELVE Sexual Abuse and Abortion 157 -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Something Inside Has Died: Booze, 167 -- Drugs, Sex, and Suicide -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Broken Babies 179 -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN What's Eating You? Abortion And 187 -- Eating Disorders -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Paradise Lost: Abortion and Ruined 201 -- Relationships -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN No Choice, Hard Choice, Wrong Choice 221 -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Labor of Grief and Birth of Freedom 245 -- APPENDIX A The Politics of Trauma 267 -- APPENDIX B The Complexity and Distortions of 277 -- Post-Abortion Research -- APPENDIX C The Elliot Institute Survey: 287 -- Psychological Reactions Reported -- After Abortion -- APPENDIX D Resources 301. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0964895781 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001135181 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abortion counseling--Case studies.<br/>Abortion--Psychological aspects--Case studies.<br/>Unwanted pregnancy--Psychological aspects--Case studies.<br/>Grief--Case studies.<br/>Repression (Psychology)--Case studies.<br/>Post-traumatic stress disorder--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ 767.4  / .B86 2002