DESCRIPTION These deeply personal stories demonstrate that healing is possible from the traumatic aftermath of abortion. Dr. Alveda C. King, Pastoral Associate, Gospel of Life; niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From these true stories, discover how to find healing and peace after an abortion. Millie Lace, MSE, LPC Courageous Women Speak Out on Abortion Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, there have been more than 45 million abortions performed in the United States. Many post-abortive women suffer from some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These women, emotionally battered by their symptoms, are often hesitant to talk openly about their ordeal. A new book, Real Abortion Stories: The Hurting and The Healing, contains the powerful first-person stories of fourteen women and one man. Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who tells her story in this book, says, These deeply personal stories demonstrate that healing is possible from the traumatic aftermath of abortion. According to the book s editor, Barbara Horak, many women are afraid to share their grief with friends who may be pro life because they fear being rejected and condemned for their decision. But if they turn to their pro choice friends, their anguish may not be acknowledged as truly valid, so they suffer silently. As one woman says, Society may say it s okay to have an abortion, but when they find out I ve had one, they think I m terrible. Horak, who has spoken more than four hundred times in high schools and middle schools, about the risks and consequences of premarital sex and has worked as a volunteer counselor at a Pregnancy Center, has witnessed firsthand the trauma abortion heaps upon women. She says of the book: These short, riveting stories explain the desperate situations that drove each of them to choose abortion, describe their abortion experiences, tell of the heartbreaking afte