| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| FOREWORD |
by Dr. Laura Schlessinger |
| INTRODUCTION |
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| CHAPTER ONE |
Gina's Story |
| CHAPTER TWO |
Hiding the Truth |
| CHAPTER THREE |
Forbidding the Grief |
| CHAPTER FOUR |
A Time to Grieve, A Time to Heal |
| CHAPTER FIVE |
Maternal Confusion |
CHAPTER SIX
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Mind Games: The Use and Misuse of Defense Mechanisms |
| CHAPTER SEVEN |
Connections to the Past |
| CHAPTER EIGHT |
Abortion as a Traumatic Experience |
CHAPTER NINE
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Memories Unleashed |
| CHAPTER TEN |
Reenacting Trauma |
| CHAPTER ELEVEN |
Repeat Abortions |
| CHAPTER TWELVE |
Sexual Abuse and Abortion |
| CHAPTER THIRTEEN |
Something Inside Has Died: Booze, Drugs, Sex, and Suicide |
| CHAPTER FOURTEEN |
Broken Babies |
| CHAPTER FIFTEEN |
What's Eating You? Abortion and Eating Disorders |
| CHAPTER SIXTEEN |
Paradise Lost: Abortion and Ruined Relationships |
| CHAPTER SEVENTEEN |
No Choice, Hard Choice, Wrong Choice |
| CHAPTER EIGHTEEN |
The Labor of Grief and Birth of Freedom |
| APPENDIX A |
The Politics of Trauma |
| APPENDIX B |
The Complexity and Distortions of Post-Abortion Research |
| APPENDIX C |
The Elliot Institute Survey:
Psychological Reactions Reported After Abortion |
| APPENDIX D |
Resources |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| NOTES |
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| INDEX |
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| MORE RESOURCES |
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