 | Moral Injury After Abortion: Exploring the Psychospiritual Impact on Catholic Women Moral Injury After Abortion delves deeply into the psychospiritual responses that some women experience when an abortive act conflicts with their moral beliefs and values. The book is grounded in a qualitative, phenomenological study that examined the lived experiences of thirty Christian women after abortion. The study participants' voices are woven throughout the book in a way that offers the reader a narrative understanding of their experiences and a thick description of the psychospiritual impact of moral injury after abortion. The book provides mental health scholars and professionals with strategies for assessing for moral injury experiences among women post-abortion as well as a guide for addressing the spiritual and psychological impact of post-abortive moral injury. Tara C. Carleton, PhD, LCPC, is a counselor at Safe Harbor Behavioral Care in Maryland and worked as a research team member at the Center for Trauma Studies and Resilience Leadership. Jill L. Snodgrass, PhD, is an associate professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland and clinical director of the Center for Spiritual Support Training at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. |
