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Men and Abortion: A Path to Healing
by C.T. Coyle, Ph. D.
Men are hurt by abortion, and need healing from it. This
book is based on research on case studies, from which a program
of healing has been developed. The book is useful for post-abortion
men, their families, and those who counsel them.
ISBN Number 1-894169-87-5
Published in 1999 by Essence Publishing, 44 Moira Street
West, Belleville, Ontario, Canada K8P 1S3; Phone: 1-800-238-6376;
Fax: 613-962-3055; Email: info@essence.on.ca;
Web: www.essence.on.ca
Deeply Damaged: An Explanation for the Profound Problems
Arising from Aborting Babies and Abusing Children
by Philip Ney
This is a detailed and fascinating account of untold psychological
harm caused by abortion, and a unique analysis of the mutual
causality between abortion and child abuse.
ISBN Number 0-920952-10-0
Published in 1997 by Pioneer Publishing Co., LTD
Victims and Victors: Speaking out about their Pregnancies,
Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault
by David C. Reardon
In this book, read the testimonies of 192 women who reveal
that most pregnant sexual assault victims don't want abortion,
and those who do abort only suffer more. This is the most
comprehensive study published on this theme.
ISBN Number 0-9648957-1-4
Published in 2000 by Acorn Books/Elliot Institute, PO Box
7348, Springfield, IL 62791-7348
Phone 1-888-412-2676, 217-525-8202; Website www.afterabortion.org
Giving Sorrow Words: Women's Stories of Grief after abortion
by Melinda Reist Tankard
This book includes the personal accounts of 18 women, and
draws on the experiences of over 200 others. Learn how they
suffer the lack of adequate counseling and informed consent,
and pressure from partners, families, and society. This is
the first book telling the stories of Australian women grieving
after abortion.
ISBN Number 1-875989-67-6
Published in 2000 by Duffy & Snellgrove, PO Box 177,
Potts Point NSW 1335 Australia; www.duffyandsnellgrove.com.au
Breast Cancer: Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control
Pill
by Chris Kahlenborn, MD
This book lays out the evidence that both induced abortion
and use of the birth control pill are independent risk factors
for the development of breast cancer.
ISBN Number 0-9669777-3-4
Published in 2000 by One More Soul, 616 Five Oaks Ave., Dayton,
OH 45406
Phone 1-800-307-7685; Email: omsoul@omsoul.com;
website: www.omsoul.com
Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion
by Theresa Burke, Ph.D, with David C.Reardon
This book demonstrates that grief after abortion is neither
expected nor permitted in our society. Drawing from their
vast experience of post-abortion counseling, the authors illustrate
some of the ways that this "disenfranchised grief"
eats away at the personality, and results in harmful and bizarre
behavior.
ISBN Number 0-9648957-8-1
Published in 2001 by Acorn Books/Elliot Institute, PO Box
7348, Springfield, IL 62791-7348
Phone 217-525-8202, 1-877-412-2676; Website www.afterabortion.org
Her Choice to Heal
by Sydna Masse and Joan Phillips
A guide to Post-Abortion healing, written by Sydna Masse
and Joan Phillips, who both had abortions, and addressed directly
to the post-abortive woman.
Available from Ramah
International, PO Box 173, Ramah, CO 80832-0173; Phone
and Fax (719) 573-7707; E-Mail: Sydna@aol.com.
Post-Abortion Aftermath
edited by Fr. Michael Mannion
This is a collection of scholarly essays on post-abortion
trauma and healing.
(1994, order from Sheed & Ward at 1-800-333-7373)
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