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HAVE YOU HAD AN ABORTION?
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Having an abortion can be a very difficult experience and leave you struggling with feelings of guilt, regret, anger, betrayal, depression, anxiety, and numbness. [1] These feelings may happen immediately after the abortion or even years later.
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Your feelings are unique to you, and you do not need to be ashamed of them or try to hide them. It is not uncommon for a woman to have regrets after experiencing an abortion. We at Compassion Women’s Center of Rogers County are here to help you process your feelings in a safe, non-judgemental, confidential environment.
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Compassion Women’s Center offers an individual six week program to work through your feelings about your abortion and help you come to terms with them. The program ends with a weekend spiritual retreat where you can release those final feelings, in a group setting or one on one with us, and leave the retreat hopeful, forgiven, and healed.
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DO YOU KNOW
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There are several factors that contribute to a women having an increased risk of a negative emotional reaction to an abortion. [2] Some of the factors that predispose a women are:
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Feeling she was pressured into terminating the pregnancy
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Terminating a wanted pregnancy
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Lack of support from a partner or parent to have the baby
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Believes she has to keep the abortion a secret
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Feelings of low self esteem or lack of control over her life
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Family, friends or partner not wanting her to have an abortion
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Prior mental health issues
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Having had a prior abortion
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