Men Experience Grief and Trauma After Abortion

We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed men . . .Our dried voices, whenWe whisper togetherAre quiet and meaningless . . .Remember us—if at all—not as lostViolent souls, but onlyAs the hollow menThe stuffed men.T.S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men” (1925)Abortion has become a personal and social eraser of choice for our unwanted, ill-timed, and “defective” offspring. For some time now, it has been the most common surgical procedure in the U.S. With mainstream mental health professional associations encour