Contact: Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
Since this month is Abortion Recovery Awareness Month, pro-lifers throughout the country are making an extra effort to raise awareness about the effects of abortion.
In 2005, the event was established to educate people about the fact that many women and men need help with recovering from abortion. But most importantly, it was created to let people know about the healing opportunities in their various communities. Stacy Massey, co-founder of Abortion Recovery International, tells OneNewsNow the problem goes beyond grief and depression.
"Any type of side effects -- eating disorders, drinking and alcohol use, cutting, workaholism -- there [are] statistics and studies that show that there is a root to all of that that can be tied in to an abortion," she explains.
And even though not every person experiences the negative impacts of abortion, Massey points out that about 87 percent do.
"These women and these men lost babies -- sometimes at their own hand, sometimes through coercion of others. But there is a grief associated with that," she says. "It's very, very normal, and our organization's focus is how to heal those families from that grief."
So she encourages people to contact their local recovery providers, which are listed on her organization's website.
