| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
| FOREWORD | by Dr. Laura Schlessinger |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| 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
| Mind Games: The Use and Misuse of Defense Mechanisms |
| CHAPTER SEVEN | Connections to the Past |
| CHAPTER EIGHT | Abortion as a Traumatic Experience |
CHAPTER NINE
| 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 | |
| NOTES | |
| INDEX | |
| MORE RESOURCES | |
