Post-Abortion Counsellor Says Women Develop Complex Relationship With Unborn Child
By Gudrun Schultz

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania, March 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion interrupts the psychological process undergone by the mother during the nine months of pregnancy, contributing to her experience of severe trauma and loss, says abortion trauma counsellor Theresa Burke.

In a two-part interview with Zenit News, the founder of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries offered a series of insights into the effects abortion has on women. Rachel’s Vineyard offers weekend sessions to women for healing after abortion.

“When a mother is abruptly and violently disconnected from her child there is a natural trauma. She has undergone an unnatural death event. In many cases, she has violated her moral ethics and natural instincts. There has been a crushing blow to her image of “mother” who nurtures, protects and sustains life.” The rest