Forbidden grief : the unspoken pain of abortion - Burke, Theresa Karminski; Reardon, David C. (Springfield, IL : Acorn Books, 2002)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309) and index.
Keywords: Abortion counseling -- Case studies; Abortion -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies; Unwanted pregnancy -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies; Grief -- Case studies; Repression (Psychology) -- Case studies; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Case studies