At the foot of the Cross with women and men suffering abortion trauma

Rachel Mackenzie
17 April 2025, The Tablet

Rachel Mackenzie speaking at the March for Life in London

Alamy / Adrian Looby

Tablet features – the trauma of abortion

We run abortion awareness days for priests and bishops. I think the Church tries really hard with women who’ve had abortions, but sometimes priests are afraid of upsetting them, so they say nothing. But silence is worse. If priests don’t talk about abortion from the pulpit, how can women bring it up in Confession?

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