Abortion – Centre for Reproductive Loss

Post-abortion Grief Care

“Across all cultures, people celebrate life, with the news of pregnancy, baby showers and birthdays. Across all cultures, we also mourn death, with sadness at the news of someone being ill, with gathering at hospitals, with gathering in support, and after death, at funerals and in bereavement and remembrance traditions or rituals thereafter. Celebrating life and mourning death are part of the cycle of humanity. It is only the last few decades of humanity’s life cycle that we have denied a specific group of people the right or opportunity to mourn. And that group of people is those who have had abortions and those have been touched by abortion. This program is an attempt to address the basic human need to mourn the death. In this program it is the death that occurred with abortion. Because abortion is widespread and easily accessible, the lack of opportunity to mourn has created a silent epidemic of individuals who may not understand why they feel, think or act the way they do. A group of individuals who do not have a chance to gather and support one another as they go through the process of grieving. The program is an attempt to bring to surface the need to mourn and to honor those individuals who have been silent and in pain.”

Dr. Nancy Low MD, FRCP(C), MSc, ABPN
Department of Psychiatry
McGill University

This program helped dig out of the hole and isolation I had thought I deserved after my loss. It helped me be okay again and even more. I reconciled with myself and the people who I had felt hurt by and who I had hurt too. The program works as hard as the participant does and it certainly was hard work to process the grief associated with the loss. But at the end there is life again and more joyful life and an enthusiasm about the future like never before.
Thank you for this program!"

-Post-Abortion Grief Care Workshop Participant

These group sessions are not meant to be therapy of any kind, or counseling sessions, nor a psychological service. The Coeurage curriculums are reproductive grief care programs designed specifically for the participant to acknowledge and strengthen their own capacity of resilience, coming to terms and gaining a sense of closure with the loss experience. All done through guided conversations and peer support.

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