Ending Pregnancy

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Deciding to end a pregnancy is difficult. Regardless of the circumstances, it is a complex loss—one that needs to be acknowledged. Ritual can help us cope with—and make sense of—our emotional response to this arduous experience.

 

Latest Rituals

“We know what to do: / Agitate, organize, shout”
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Ritual to acknowledge loss of abortion access
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“Let us use our voices and our votes to cry out as loud as we can”
Protesters near the U.S. Capitol holding signs supporting abortion rights on a sunny day.
“For all of our failures to protect you, our daughters, mothers, partners and friends”
Protesters outside a government building hold signs advocating for abortion access.
“Let today be the day we learn our power”
Protesters holding signs, including a prominent one saying Keep Abortion Legal, near the U.S. Capitol building.
“And we will see to it that justice, the kind you fought for and died protecting, ever reigns”
A protest crowd holding signs, including one that reads STILL WE RISE, outside a modern building.

What balm will ease my suffering?

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A prayer for all of us who seek care and provide services at Planned Parenthood

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