resource list
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Because these topics can feel emotionally overwhelming, we are including the number for the Suicide Prevention Hotline 800-273-8255
Grief/Healing in General
- A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
- The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Russell Friedman
- Journeying Through Grief series of four books [A Time to Grieve, Experiencing Grief, Finding Hope and Healing, Rebuilding and Remembering] by Kenneth C. Haugk
- GriefShare https://www.griefshare.org/
- Surviving the Holidays https://www.griefshare.org/holidays
- Stephen Ministries https://www.stephenministries.org/
- The Presence Seeker’s Guide to Inner Healing by Jamie Rohrbaugh, From His Presence
Post-Abortion
- Rachel’s Vineyard – http://rachelsvineyard.org/
- Project Rachel – http://hopeafterabortion.com/
- Tikvat Rachel – https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/after-abortion
- Operation Outcry – http://www.operationoutcry.org
- After Abortion – www.afterabortion.org
- Post Abortion Stress Syndrome – https://www.afterabortion.com/pass_details.html
- Silent No More – http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/
- The Abortion Survivors Network – https://theabortionsurvivors.com/
- Piedmont Women’s Center – Set Free – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t7iQkP8_h0
- Womb Twin Survivors – https://www.wombtwin.com/ – For the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy termination (voluntary and involuntary).
- Abortion Changes You – http://www.abortionchangesyou.com/stories
- https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/blog/
- https://psychcentral.com/lib/understanding-abortion-grief-and-the-recovery-process/
- https://optionline.org/after-abortion-support/ “If you’re looking for emotional support after abortion, you can chat with us (http://optionline.org/livechat/) here on the website, text HELPLINE to 313131, send us a message (http://optionline.org/contact/), or call us at 1-800-712-4357. We’re here to help.”
Post-Abortion for Men
- Save The Storks – https://savethestorks.com/choosefatherhood/
- Silent No More – http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/men/
- Rachel’s Vineyard – https://www.rachelsvineyard.org/men/
- Lumina – https://postabortionhelp.org/pah/
- Priests For Life – https://www.priestsforlife.org/
- Rich in Mercy – www.richinmercy.org/
Abortion Education/Pro-Life Support
- Personhood Alliance – https://personhood.org/
- Fetuses sing in the womb – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beshalach
- Abolish Abortion South Carolina – https://abolishabortionsc.org/
- Pro-Life Action League – https://prolifeaction.org/
- Focus On The Family – https://www.focusonthefamily.com/
- Knights of Columbus – http://www.kofc.org/en/programs/life/
- Sisters of Life – http://www.sistersoflife.org/
- Pro-Life Waco – https://www.prolifewaco.com/
- Care-Net – https://www.care-net.org/
- Live Action – https://www.liveaction.org/
- Students for Life America – https://studentsforlife.org/
- Created Equal – http://www.createdequal.org/
- Cultureshift – https://cultureshiftforlife.com/
- Abort73 – https://abort73.com/
- National Safe Haven Alliance: NSHA – nationalsafehavenalliance.org
- American Family Association (AFA) – https://www.afa.net/
- Operation Save America (old Operation Rescue) – http://www.operationsaveamerica.org/
- Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust – http://www.survivors.la/
- Alliance Defending Freedom (old Alliance Defense Fund) – https://www.adflegal.org/issues/sanctity-of-life/overview
- American Center for Law & Justice – https://aclj.org/
- 40 Days for Life – https://40daysforlife.com/
Miscarriage / Pregnancy Loss
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Directory
- Pregnancy Loss Support Organizations; Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Ectopic Pregnancy Support
- Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support – http://nationalshare.org/ – Among other things, helps promote the rights of parents to bury their miscarried babies. [Refer to the story of Rizpah regarding a parent’s desire to bury their children in 2 Samuel 21.]
- Heaven’s Gain Ministries – https://heavensgain.org – Among other things, offers miscarriage kits, small caskets, etc.
- MISS Foundation – Part of The Compassionate Friends – Among other things, helps promote granting parents the rights to state-issued stillbirth certificates.
- Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB) – http://www.climb-support.org/
- Womb Twin Survivors – https://www.wombtwin.com/ – For the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy.
- Angel Names – http://angelnames.org/
- Angel baby quotes http://www.rememberingourbabies.net/
- Baby Loss Comfort (www.babylosskit.com)
- Pregnancy Loss Ribbons (www.pregnancylossribbons.com)
- My Forever Child (www.myforeverchild.com)
- Little Angels Online (www.littleangelsonlinestore.com)
- La Belle Dame (www.labelledame.com)
- Earth Mama Angel Baby (www.earthmamaangelbaby.com)
- Remembering our Babies (http://www.october15th.com/)
- http://www.catholicstand.com/how-to-bury-your-baby-after-a-miscarriage/ “If you encounter a Catholic cemetery that doesn’t have a special section for miscarried babies, remind them that burying the dead is a corporal work of mercy. In my humble opinion, every Catholic cemetery should have such a section, and should offer their services free of charge in a pregnancy loss or stillbirth situation.”
- Helping After Neonatal Death (HAND) – http://www.handonline.org/ – California-based
- Postpartum Support International – http://www.postpartum.net/
- International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA) – http://stillbirthalliance.org/
- March of Dimes – http://www.marchofdimes.org/ – Among other things, includes some educational material on pregnancy health.
- The Miscarriage Association – http://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/
- Sands, or Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support – https://www.sands.org.uk/
- The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust – http://www.ectopic.org.uk/
- M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death) www.mend.org
- www.thelifeididntchoose.com
- www.unspokengrief.com
- www.babyloss.com
- www.miscarriagesupport.org.nz
Helpful Pregnancy Loss Books
- When Unborn Babies Speak – by Tiffany Matthews
- Other Side of Grief – by Tiffany Matthews
- Bubbles for David – by Judy Bruns
- Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the Heart — by Shelly Marks, Marie Allen
- Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream — by Sherokee Isle, Linda Hammer Burns
- Surviving Pregnancy Loss: A complete sourcebook for women and their families — by Rochelle Friedman and Bonnie Gradstein
- What Was Lost – by Elise Erikson Barrett
- Grace Like Scarlett – by Adriel Booker
- Nursery of Heaven – by Patrick O’Hearn and Cassie Everts
- Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles – by Bruce K. Young
- Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage – by Jon Cohen
Other Resources
- Behind the Name – https://www.behindthename.com/
- Got Questions – https://www.gotquestions.org/
- 119 Ministries – https://www.119ministries.com/teachings/
- Refiner’s Fire Faith – https://refinersfirefaith.weebly.com/community.html
- True Life – https://www.truelife.org/
- Celebrate Recovery – https://www.celebraterecovery.com/
- Memoirs of a Miracle Baby – by Shiela Honbeck Miller
- Restoring the Foundations – https://www.restoringthefoundations.org/
- Mental Illness vs. Autism Spectrum – https://www.arrowpassage.com/mental-illness-vs-autism/
- FAST Diet – https://www.maintainforlife.com/