Millions of Women Who Regret Their Abortions are Experiencing “Secret Grief”

Corrine Barraclough was a columnist for the Daily Telegraph when she wrote this amazing story. I was captured by the title: “The Secret Grief of Abortion” which comes as no surprise

As did a kind of term-of-art mentioned later by a counselor who deals with traumas: “disenfranchised grief.” I looked up the term and it refers to grief that is not recognized by society. Examples range from the loss of a pet to moving from a home that is filled with meaning to suicide.

Another definition...