Abortion and Karma

Because we live in a world where there are consequences for our actions and we also have a justice system, some women feel tremendous guilt after having an abortion.

Even though abortion solved one problem it created a whole host of other problems. For a lot of women getting out of an unwanted pregnancy for whatever reason goes against their moral code. But for a short period of time it's easy to override how you feel about it because guilt isn't the pressing issue, time is of the essence. Dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and the procedure take priority.

And because on an emotional level guilt deserves punishment, or some kind of levelling the score, many women think that bad things will happen to them now because they chose to have an abortion.

It doesn't matter what we tell ourselves to twist the reasons around, our emotions always take priority over the amount of energy we have focused on an issue. Its like your head might be in high school but your emotions are like in kindergarten.

Its unrealistic to live your life like a bad child waiting to be punished, but we do anyway.

God is not a vengeful God, and until we make peace with ourselves and see that having an abortion is not a black and white issue, there are a lot of issues in between that can help us to see that there are many factors that push us to feel that its only a question of pro life or pro choice.

The fact that it's still a very controversial subject and there's a wall of silence for many women who have had an abortion and a degree of shame as well because of the silence. It's still not an open area of grief we share in society.

I believe that we have a contract with that other Soul to do this dance of abortion, either to complete karma, to learn lessons, but there is certainly no way that you will be punished by God for choosing this option which was not chosen lightly.

Forgiving yourself and making your own peace is the most important part of the healing process because until you do, a part of you will always be expecting to suffer in some way because of your decision.