A can’t miss community post: What Makes for a Good Abortion?

Community blogger Nell (also of Abortion Clinic Days – a blog of abortion providers telling their stories) asks readers, “What makes for a good abortion?”

We often share your stories with our own patients. Hearing that someone else has walked that path with strength and grace–and that they’re not afraid to tell their story–our patients describe as the most precious gift they can receive from the women in their community. The abortion stories women provide that describe isolation, suffering or painful rumination–those teach us something too. We should be listening to these women to understand the qualities that contribute to their suffering so that no woman has to describe her pregnancy or abortion experience in this way.
So how can you help the women you love to have positive memories of their abortions? I would love to hear from readers about the factors that made a difference in their abortions being positive or negative memories.

If you have a story to share, or would like to comment, please do so on Nell’s post.
Also, I’d just like to say thanks to all of the abortion providers out there who literally risk their lives to bring compassionate reproductive health care to women – you are amazing.