Ending Pregnancy

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

A Short Prayer for Justice

“We know what to do: / Agitate, organize, shout”
  • by Trisha Arlin
abortion, justice, racial justice, social justice
A Short Prayer for Justice

After Roe: A Havdalah Ritual for Losing Abortion Access

Ritual to acknowledge loss of abortion access
  • by NCJW (National Council of Jewish Women)
abortion, America, feminism, gender, social justice
After Roe: A Havdalah Ritual for Losing Abortion Access

From Out of the Narrow Place: Prayer for Pro-Choice Rally

“Let us use our voices and our votes to cry out as loud as we can”
  • by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, PhD
abortion, feminism, justice, social justice
From Out of the Narrow Place: Prayer for Pro-Choice Rally

Confessional to the Women We’ve Failed

“For all of our failures to protect you, our daughters, mothers, partners and friends”
  • by Rabbi Zoe Klein Miles
abortion, al het, feminism, justice, social justice
Confessional to the Women We’ve Failed

Prayer for Our Power, Prayer for Our Choice

“Let today be the day we learn our power”
  • by Rabbi Stephanie Crawley
abortion, feminism, justice, social justice
Prayer for Our Power, Prayer for Our Choice

An Intention for Reproductive Justice to Reign Supreme

“And we will see to it that justice, the kind you fought for and died protecting, ever reigns”
  • by Devon Spier
abortion, feminism, justice, social justice
An Intention for Reproductive Justice to Reign Supreme

Self-Birthing: A Ritual for Termination of a Pregnancy

  • by Gabrielle Pescador
abortion
Self-Birthing: A Ritual for Termination of a Pregnancy

My Depression

What balm will ease my suffering?

  • by Alden Solovy
mental illness
My Depression

What is a Mikveh? An Introduction to the Jewish Ritual Bath

What is a Mikveh? An introduction to Jewish ritual bath.

  • by BimBam (formerly G-dcast)
abortion, adoption, anniversary, breastfeeding, cancer, conception, covenant, engagement, get, gomel, loss of a child, miscarriage, name change, sex, stillbirth
What is a Mikveh? An Introduction to the Jewish Ritual Bath

Tekhine for Planned Parenthood

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

  • by Ariana Katz
abortion
Tekhine for Planned Parenthood

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