“I Don’t Deserve to be a Mother!” The Impact of Abortion on Marriage

James married Kathleen, aware of her two abortions prior to their relationship.  He shares “I married Kathleen with the naive notion that if I loved her enough, and accepted her unconditionally, the pain of her abortions would somehow work itself out.”One of the bright red flags that surfaced early in their marriage, was Kathleen’s openness to having children.  When James would introduce the topic, her response would be evasion, discomfort, and outright dismissal of the idea.  She would tell Jam