There are women in all our lives and churches who have had an abortion. Men, women and children who have been touched by abortion - in our workplaces, churches and families.

Senior pastors need to stop turning a blind eye to this subject and talk much much more about abortion in church.

New Testament scholar and former nurse Dr Claire Smith says we are currently not meeting this pastoral and evangelistic need.

Dr Smith has many suggestions on how to regularly teach pastorally and faithfully on abortion, potentially save many lives in your church.

Plus we talk mistakes made in counselling on abortion at seventeen and eighteen weeks and the fallout and pastoral response needed in a post abortion situation.

Watch online or subscribe to The Pastor’s Heart:

http://www.thepastorsheart/podcast/abortion-clairesmith

Pregnancy Support and post-abortion counselling

Real Choices Australia: www.realchoices.org.au
Zoe Support: www.zoesupport.com.au
Embryo Donation Network: www.embryodonation.org.au
Priceless Life Centre (Qld): www.pricelesslifecentre.org.au
Karinya House (ACT): www.karinyahouse.asn.au
Brave Foundation (teen pregnancies and help for carers/schools/health professionals): www.bravefoundation.org.au
Diamond Women’s Support (Sydney): https://diamondwomensupport.com/services/
Hope House (Western Sydney): http://www.hopehouse.com.au
Rachel’s Vineyard retreats (Roman Catholic): https://www.rachelsvineyard.org/weekend/sites.aspx?c=Australia

Resources for pastoral care

Denise Cooper-Clark: http://www.ethos.org.au/online-resources/engage-mail/unspoken-grief-pastoral-care-around-abortion
ERLC on counselling men affected: https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/how-we-can-speak-to-men-in-the-abortion-conversation
ERLC on speaking to women about abortion: https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/why-our-hearts-matter-when-talking-about-abortion
Andrew Cameron on abortion ethics (2004): https://sydneyanglicans.net/blogs/indepth/1721a

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