After Abortion...

There is healing for you!

If you are hurting from an abortion, you have a home here. Priests for Life embraces with compassion and forgiveness those who have had abortions. We will lead you to the healing that comes from the Lord, and the care of the Christian Community. We are ready to talk with you and listen to you.

Priests for Life works with ministries worldwide that offer this healing.

Rachel's Vineyard is a ministry of Priests for Life, and provides counseling and retreats for those who have had abortions. You may speak to someone there at 1-877-HOPE-4-ME

Another of our ministries is the National Silent No More Awareness Campaign, which is committed to leading people to healing after abortion, and also gives individuals the opportunity to give public witness to the harm of abortion and the healing of the Lord. Click here for a one page flyer about the Campaign. (PDF format)

There are many other resources for those who suffer from abortion. We invite you to call 1-800-5-WE-CARE, the National Office of Post-abortion Reconciliation and Healing.

We likewise recommend the ministry of Ramah International.

For those involved in ministering to men and women hurting from abortion, Priests for Life and Rachel's Vineyard offer training seminars to aid you in your ministry.  For more information, including presentation descriptions, click here to see Fr. Frank Pavone's seminar catalog in PDF format and click here for the Rachel's Vineyard Clinical Training Catalog in PDF format.

Words of Pope John Paul II to those who have had Abortions

Fr. Frank Pavone's talk to the general public on healing the wounds of abortion - April 2006: Listen or Download (MP3 format)

Fr. Frank Pavone's post-abortion healing seminar for Clergy (2006)

Graphic Images and Post-Abortion Healing by Dr. Theresa Burke and Kevin Burke

Abortion doesn't help; it hurts

The idea that abortion solves problems is a deception and illusion. The reality is that it solves nothing and brings a host of problems of its own.

Through the links on this page, we will provide an ever-increasing understanding of some of those problems, and some of the help available to bring hope and healing.

Nobody knows exactly how many women suffer the after-effects of abortion. What is clear, however, is that the more one searches, the more one finds. More research is necessary in order to bring the public the most reliable information on this critical issue of women's health.

Some complications of abortion flow from the inherent dangers of the procedure itself. Others come from the carelessness and callousness with which it is carried out. Some women never survive a legal abortion.

If all the abortions in our world stopped tomorrow, the task of healing will have only begun, and will go one for decades. The task of bringing hope, healing, and reconciliation to all who have been involved in abortion will be a more and more dominant aspect of the pro-life mission of the Church.

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