Can You Be Forgiven After an Abortion but Still Need Healing?

Karen Luksch knew God had forgiven her for her abortion, yet the experience continued to affect her life, marriage, and future pregnancies in ways she did not fully recognize. Can someone receive Christ’s forgiveness and still carry emotional and relational wounds that need healing?

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Karen shares how fear, pride, family expectations, and pressure from her fiancé influenced her abortion decision shortly before their wedding. Although she later rededicated her life to Christ and asked God for forgiveness, she describes the abortion as a “ball and chain” that continued to follow her.

Years later, Karen participated in the Forgiven and Set Free abortion recovery Bible study. She entered the program believing she was doing it to serve An Even Place, but quickly realized God had brought her there for her own healing. The study uncovered fear, grief, and unresolved feelings toward her husband that had remained hidden for decades.

An honest conversation with her husband also revealed that he had carried grief and responsibility for the abortion in his own way. Their story shows how abortion can affect both women and men, how unspoken pain can remain within a marriage, and how bringing that pain into the light can open the door to healing.

Karen also shares what it meant to acknowledge the life of her child, write a letter, participate in a memorial, and trust that she will one day see her child in heaven. Her testimony is a reminder that receiving forgiveness and experiencing freedom are sometimes different parts of the healing journey.

Five Topics We Discuss

1. How fear, pride, family expectations, and relationship pressure can influence an abortion decision
2. The difference between knowing God has forgiven you and experiencing emotional freedom after abortion
3. How unresolved abortion pain can affect marriage and the joy surrounding later pregnancies
4. The grief men may carry after abortion and the importance of honest conversations between spouses
5. How an abortion recovery Bible study, naming a child, writing a letter, and holding a memorial can support healing

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

1. Why do I still struggle with my abortion if I know God has forgiven me?
2. Can an abortion affect my marriage and future pregnancies years later?
3. Do men experience grief or regret after an abortion?
4. What happens in a Christian abortion recovery Bible study?
5. Is it ever too late to begin healing after an abortion?

Karen’s story offers hope to anyone who has carried abortion-related grief, fear, regret, or shame for years. Healing may include difficult emotions, but those emotions do not have to be feared or hidden. God can use truth, community, Scripture, and honest conversation to bring freedom to places that have remained wounded for decades.

Find Abortion Recovery Support

Learn about confidential virtual abortion recovery groups, Bible studies, and healing resources for women and men through An Even Place.

If you need someone to talk with now, contact the H3Helpline. Trained Phone Coaches are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Call or text: 866-721-7881

You are not alone, and it is never too late or too early to begin your healing journey.

Can God forgive me after an abortion and help me stop living under the weight of my past?

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Mindy and Ginger discuss the difference between focusing on “Look what I did” and declaring, “Look what He has done.” Through Ephesians 4:22–24, they explore how faith in Jesus allows us to put off the old self, renew our minds, and live from a new identity rooted in Christ.

Ginger shares how she carried the secret of her abortion for 28 years before participating in an abortion recovery Bible study. As she received the forgiveness that had been available to her all along, her experience became more than a story about her past. It became God’s story of forgiveness, restoration, and healing.

Mindy also explains why healing after abortion can happen in layers. Addressing abortion grief may uncover other wounds, experiences, and beliefs that still need God’s truth and care. This does not mean healing has failed. It means God is continuing His transforming work.

When shame, guilt, or condemning thoughts return, we can redirect our attention from what we have done to what Christ has done. The gospel is not only where the Christian life begins. It is the truth that sustains us every day.

You are not the worst thing you have ever done. Your past does not have to remain the anchor of your identity. In Christ, forgiveness is available, the mind can be renewed, and a new way of living is possible.

Scripture discussed: Ephesians 4:22–24 (NKJV)

Five Topics Discussed in This Episode

1. Finding a new identity in Christ after abortion
2. Receiving God’s forgiveness after years of secrecy and shame
3. Putting off the old self and renewing the mind through Scripture
4. Understanding why abortion healing can unfold in layers
5. Responding to guilt and condemning thoughts with the gospel

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

1. Can God forgive me after an abortion?
2. Am I defined by the worst thing I have ever done?
3. Why do painful issues still surface after I have experienced abortion healing?
4. How can Scripture help renew my mind when shame returns?
5. How can my abortion story become a testimony of God’s forgiveness and restoration?

Find Virtual Abortion Recovery Support

An Even Place provides virtual, faith-based abortion recovery groups and resources for women and men. To learn about On Even Ground, the monthly no-commitment virtual support group, visit An Even Place and complete the interest form.

Talk With Someone Now

If you are struggling with emotional pain, grief, guilt, or shame after abortion, confidential help is available 24 hours a day.

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Should I Name My Baby After an Abortion?

Naming a baby lost to abortion can feel frightening because it makes the loss—and the child’s identity—more real. Yet for some women, choosing a name becomes a meaningful part of acknowledging their motherhood, honoring their baby’s life, and processing abortion grief through faith.

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Mindy and Ginger discuss why babies lost to abortion are not forgotten or without identity. From a Christian perspective, they explore the hope that these children are in heaven, are known by God, and will one day be known by their mothers.

Ginger shares her personal experience of naming her baby during an abortion recovery Bible study. What initially felt difficult became an honor that gave her a deeper sense of connection. Mindy and Ginger also explain how naming a child can affirm the baby’s humanity and dignity while helping a mother acknowledge the motherhood she still carries.

Naming your baby is not about seeking forgiveness from your child. Forgiveness comes from God. Instead, it can be a personal way to grieve, remember, and give your child a permanent place in your heart.

As Mindy shares, “Abortion takes the child from your arms, but never from your heart.”

Topics We Discuss

1. Why considering your baby’s identity after abortion can feel difficult
2. Naming a baby as part of abortion grief and healing
3. How a name can create connection and affirm a child’s dignity
4. Acknowledging the motherhood that remains after abortion
5. Confessing abortion and receiving God’s forgiveness

Questions This Episode Addresses

1. Should I name my baby after an abortion?
2. Why does naming a baby lost to abortion feel so frightening?
3. Can naming my baby help me process abortion grief?
4. Am I still a mother after an abortion?
5. How can acknowledging my baby’s life help me receive God’s forgiveness?

Find Abortion Recovery Support

An Even Place offers virtual, faith-based abortion recovery groups, Bible studies, and support for women and men. On Even Ground is a monthly, no-commitment virtual support group for women who want community and encouragement.

Learn more and complete an interest form at An Even Place.

If you need someone to talk with, contact the H3 Helpline. Trained Phone Coaches provide free, confidential support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Call or text 866-721-7881 or visit H3Helpline.org

Finding God’s Peace After Abortion: Jehovah Shalom

How can I find lasting peace after an abortion when guilt, anxiety, or shame still troubles my heart?

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Mindy talks with Ginger, a support group leader with An Even Place, about Jehovah Shalom, a name of God meaning “the Lord is peace.”

Ginger shares how learning more about God’s character during a Forgiven and Set Free abortion recovery Bible study changed the direction of her heart. She once felt that having an abortion meant she could not support life without being a hypocrite. Through God’s truth, forgiveness, and grace, she began to recognize that this belief was rooted in deception rather than in her identity in Christ.

This conversation explains the difference between temporary peace based on circumstances and the deep, lasting peace found in God. Difficult feelings may change from one moment to the next, but God’s character remains steady. Even during grief, anxiety, conflict, or hardship, Jehovah Shalom offers an internal rest that the world cannot provide or take away.

As Ginger describes it, her heart shifted “from self to shalom”—from focusing on her fear and past to resting in the unchanging character of God.

Five Topics Discussed

1. The meaning of Jehovah Shalom: “The Lord is peace”
2. Finding God’s peace during abortion recovery
3. Receiving forgiveness and grace after abortion
4. Moving beyond shame and feelings of hypocrisy
5. Trusting God’s unchanging character instead of changing emotions

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

1. What does the name Jehovah Shalom mean?
2. How can faith help me find peace after an abortion?
3. Can I support life if I have had an abortion?
4. What is the difference between temporary peace and God’s peace?
5. How can I trust God when my feelings continue to change?

Find Abortion Healing and Support

An Even Place provides virtual, faith-based abortion recovery support for women and men seeking healing, peace, and restoration.

Learn more: www.anevenplace.com

If you need someone to talk with, H3Helpline offers free, confidential support from trained phone coaches 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Call or text 866-721-7881 Visit www.h3helpline.org

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Sharing Your Abortion Story With Your Husband

Should I tell my husband or future husband about my past abortion?

Sharing an abortion story with a husband or future husband can feel frightening, especially when you fear rejection, judgment, or a change in the relationship. There is no single answer that fits every marriage or situation. Prayer, wisdom, honest examination of your motives, and careful consideration of timing can help you discern whether and how to share.

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Linda and Mindy discuss their personal experiences of telling the men they would later marry about their abortions. They explore the importance of bringing the decision before God, allowing a husband time to process, and sharing from a place of healing rather than looking to another person to provide forgiveness.

They also explain how to make Christ’s redemption—not past failures—the central theme of your testimony. When shared with wisdom and obedience, an abortion story can open the door to greater vulnerability, trust, and oneness within a marriage.

Five Topics We Discuss

1. The fear of rejection when telling a husband or future husband about a past abortion
2. Examining your motives before sharing your abortion story
3. Seeking God’s wisdom about the right time and setting
4. Giving your husband space to process what he has learned
5. Sharing a Christ-centered testimony focused on redemption and healing

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

1. Should I tell my husband about an abortion I had before we met?
2. How can I know whether God is leading me to share my abortion story?
3. What motives should I examine before telling my husband?
4. How should I respond if my husband needs time to process the news?
5. How can I talk about my abortion without allowing it to define my testimony?

Scriptures Mentioned

• James 1:5 — Ask God for wisdom when you do not know what to do.
• Revelation 12:11 — Believers overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony.

Find Abortion Recovery Support

You do not have to navigate abortion grief, disclosure, or healing alone. Learn about confidential virtual abortion recovery groups and biblical support through An Even Place.

For immediate, confidential after-abortion support, call or text the H3 Helpline at 866-721-7881. Trained Phone Coaches are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Visit H3Helpline.org.

Can God Help Me Find Freedom and Peace After Abortion?

When emotional pain, shame, or fear after an abortion feels overwhelming, God can become a refuge—a safe place where healing and spiritual strength begin. But refuge is not necessarily where we remain forever. Psalm 18 describes God as both a stronghold and the One who brings us into a “broad place” of freedom.

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Mindy and Linda explore the difference between taking refuge in God and stepping into the broad place He provides. Mindy shares how persistent struggles with depression, anger, and unhealthy behavioral patterns drove her deeper into God’s Word. Over time, God helped her recognize the cycle she was living in and experience greater freedom.

Healing after abortion may require a season of drawing close to God while everything feels as though it is closing in. That season is not wasted. It can become a time of learning biblical truth, growing stronger, and allowing God to address deeply rooted pain. As healing progresses, the refuge that once offered protection can prepare us to walk into greater peace, purpose, and freedom.

Like Jacob wrestling with God, we can continue seeking Him even when healing takes longer than expected. God’s broad place represents more than relief from pain. It is a place where we can live freely, share what He has done, and become ambassadors of hope to others.

Five Topics Discussed in This Episode

• The difference between God as a refuge and the broad place He provides
• What Psalm 18 teaches about protection, deliverance, and freedom
• Seeking God when abortion grief, shame, and fear feel overwhelming
• Recognizing cycles involving anger, behavior, and emotional pain
• Moving from personal healing into purpose and sharing God’s work with others

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

1. What does it mean for God to be my refuge and stronghold?
2. What is the “broad place” described in Psalm 18?
3. How can God’s Word support Christian healing after abortion?
4. What should I do when emotional and spiritual healing takes years?
5. How can healing prepare me to share my abortion story and help others?

Find Help and Healing After Abortion

An Even Place provides virtual, faith-based abortion recovery and discipleship opportunities for women and men.

Visit An Even Place

If you need someone to talk with about emotional pain following an abortion, H3 Helpline offers confidential support from trained phone coaches 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Visit H3 Helpline Call or text: 866-721-7881

Can God Repurpose the Pain of Abortion?

Can God still use you after an abortion, even when you feel too broken or too far gone?

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Linda and Mindy discuss how God can bring purpose from the pain of abortion. Although the past cannot be undone, abortion healing can transform a painful wound into a testimony of God’s grace, mercy, and restoration.

Using the picture of an old piece of furniture being restored and given new purpose, Linda and Mindy explain how God sees what we cannot always see in ourselves. Through Jesus Christ, we can become new creations, receive forgiveness, and help others discover the same hope and healing we have received.

This conversation explores 2 Corinthians 5:17–20 and the ministry of reconciliation. Linda and Mindy also discuss the promise of beauty from ashes in Isaiah 61. Our scars may remain, but they can point others toward the One who healed us.

Five Topics Discussed in This Episode

• Feeling too far gone for God to forgive or use you
• Becoming a new creation through Jesus Christ
• How abortion healing can turn a wound into a testimony
• Receiving God’s unconditional grace, mercy, and reconciliation
• Allowing brokenness to draw you closer to God and help others

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

• Can God still use me after an abortion?
• How can God repurpose the pain of abortion?
• What does it mean to become a new creation in Christ?
• Can my abortion story help someone else find healing?
• How can brokenness become a catalyst for spiritual growth?

Scriptures Discussed

• 2 Corinthians 5:17–20
• Isaiah 61

God does not excuse sin, but He offers forgiveness and new life through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The experience you believe has disqualified you may become the very place from which you share His message of healing and reconciliation.

Your abortion cannot be undone, but your pain does not have to be wasted. God can heal the wound, use the scar, and repurpose your story for His glory and the good of others.

Find Abortion Healing and Support

Learn more about confidential, virtual abortion recovery groups through An Even Place.

If you need someone to talk with now, call or text the H3 Helpline at 866-721-7881. Trained phone coaches are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Visit the H3 Helpline for additional abortion recovery support.

In this deeply reflective episode of Your Healing Place, hosts Mindy Lefaucheur and Linda Keener Thomas guide listeners through the painful and common question: “Why didn’t God stop me from having an abortion?” Drawing on real stories and Scripture, this honest conversation acknowledges the regret, confusion, and anger that often follow this question—and gently offers clarity rooted in faith.

This approximately 9-minute episode isn’t about assigning blame—it’s about uncovering hope. It offers spiritual perspectives to make sense of deep emotional wounds and affirms that even unanswered prayers or “silent” moments can lead toward mercy and restoration.

Whether you are wrestling with insecurity, seeking healing, or simply exploring how faith intersects with grief, this episode speaks tenderly to the heart of your questions.

The mission of Your Healing Place podcast is to address common concerns of how abortion healing and faith intersect in order to validate the emotional pain and grief that abortion can bring and give hope that recovery is possible.

Episodes are brief conversations centered around common concerns that are often discussed in abortion recovery groups. Each episode focuses on biblical truth as it is applied to healing the emotional wounds after having an abortion that will validate the often confusing emotional response and give credibility to the need for healing.

An Even Place website: www.anevenplace.com

To learn more about our groups: https://anevenplace.com/interest-form/

To learn more about our services: https://anevenplace.com/healingservices/

How Can a Past Abortion Affect Marriage and Relationships?

Can a past abortion affect your marriage or a future relationship, even when your partner was not involved in the abortion?

Unresolved grief, anger, shame, and changes in how a woman views herself can create relational stress after abortion. These struggles may surface through difficulty receiving love, challenges with intimacy, misplaced anger, or fear that a partner will leave after learning about the abortion.

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Mindy Lefaucheur and Linda Keener Thomas are joined by Jane Abbate, author of Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Healing and Hope After Abortion and host of the My Mentor Jane YouTube channel.

Jane, Mindy, and Linda share how their abortion experiences affected later relationships with husbands who were not involved in their abortions. They discuss disclosing a past abortion, the ways unresolved pain can spill into marriage, and how a spouse may become part of the healing process.

They also offer compassionate encouragement for women whose husbands or boyfriends do not fully understand abortion-related grief. A partner’s difficulty understanding does not automatically make him uncaring. He may lack information, feel unsure how to help, or have unresolved experiences of his own.

Healing is possible through Christ, biblical abortion recovery, honest communication, and the support of people who understand.

Five Topics We Discuss

1. Telling a boyfriend, fiancé, or husband about a past abortion
2. How unresolved anger and grief can be projected onto a spouse
3. The effects of abortion on identity, intimacy, and the ability to receive love
4. Meaningful ways a husband can participate in the abortion-healing process
5. Finding compassionate support when a partner does not understand your pain

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

1. How can a past abortion affect a future marriage or relationship?
2. How do I tell my boyfriend, fiancé, or husband about my abortion?
3. Why does unresolved anger after abortion sometimes spill into my marriage?
4. How can my husband become involved in my abortion-healing journey?
5. What should I do if my partner does not understand how the abortion affected me?

Find Abortion Recovery Support

An Even Place provides confidential, virtual abortion recovery Bible studies, discipleship programs, support groups, podcasts, and self-paced resources for women and men.

An Even Place: https://anevenplace.com

If you need someone to talk with now, trained H3 Helpline coaches are available 24/7/365. Calls and texts are confidential.

H3 Helpline: https://h3helpline.org Call or text: 866-721-7881

More Than an Emotional Battle: Spiritual Healing After Abortion

Why do I still feel emotional pain after an abortion even when I believe I made the right choice?

Healing after abortion may involve more than addressing difficult emotions. For some women, abortion grief also affects their faith, their trust in God, and their ability to receive His forgiveness.

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Linda and Mindy continue their conversation with Jane Abbate, author of Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Healing and Hope After Abortion and host of My Mentor Jane on YouTube. Jane shares how her healing journey led her to recognize emotional, physical, and spiritual wounds following her abortions.

Together, Jane, Linda, and Mindy discuss the spiritual battle that can keep women trapped in guilt, shame, isolation, and fear. They explain why emotional coping strategies may bring temporary relief but cannot replace the forgiveness and inner peace found through Jesus Christ.

This conversation also addresses the fear that abortion is an unforgivable sin. Through the truth of Scripture, listeners are reminded that Jesus came to remove the guilt and shame of sin and offer abundant life. Although the loss of a child is not erased, women can experience freedom from condemnation and renewed trust in God.

Five Topics Discussed in This Episode

1. Why abortion healing may involve emotional, physical, and spiritual areas of a woman’s life
2. How guilt, shame, and fear can damage a woman’s trust in God after abortion
3. The spiritual battle that uses deception and isolation to keep women from healing
4. Why memorials, self-care, counseling, and other emotional healing practices may not fully address spiritual wounds
5. How Jesus offers forgiveness, freedom from shame, and abundant life after abortion

Five Questions This Episode Addresses

1. Why do I still feel emotional pain after an abortion?
2. Is abortion an unforgivable sin?
3. Can spiritual wounds affect my relationship with God after abortion?
4. Why do guilt and shame continue even after I have tried other ways to heal?
5. How can faith in Jesus help me find peace and freedom after abortion?

Scripture Mentioned

John 10:10 reminds us that while the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, Jesus came so that we may have life and have it abundantly.

Find Abortion Healing and Support

Learn more about virtual, faith-based abortion recovery groups and healing resources through An Even Place: https://anevenplace.com

If you need someone to talk with, the H3 Helpline offers free, confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:

Call 866-721-7881 https://h3helpline.org

You are not alone. Whether your abortion was recent or happened many years ago, help, hope, and healing are available.