Abortion & Contraception         Clinic of Nebraska

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In the United States, one in every thirty-three children is born with a birth defect.  One third of these defects involve deformities of the heart.  Most defects are mild and are surgically and/or medically manageable. However, for a few, the outlook is bleak.  Some will be severely challenged for life, some will survive for only a very limited time and a few will not survive even a Caesarian delivery.

If you are reading this page it is likely that you or your loved ones have to plan how to handle a severely compromised pregnancy.  We are sorry and would like to offer you our most sincere condolences.  Should you decide to spare you child a lifetime of suffering and pain, our staff and our chaplain are available to help you thru all your problems.

The “Roe v. Wade” and “Doe v. Bolton” US Supreme Court decisions, confirmed the right for women carrying pregnancies that cannot survive, to choose termination at any gestation.  Often the decision to terminate is made late in the pregnancy due to many causes.  Most commonly it is the amount of time needed to assure the right decision is made.  At ACCON there are no artificial gestational limits, to force you into a hurried decision.  There is always time to make the right decision.

Dr. LeRoy Carhart, trained in abortion practice in Pittsburgh, PA .  Since 1998, Dr. Carhart worked with George Tiller  of Wichita, Kansas as a staff physician.  Dr. Carhart is one of the most experienced late second and third trimester abortion providers in the United States.  With the assassination of Dr. Tiller, Dr. Carhart and members of the staff from Wichita, KS moved their practice to Bellevue, with the promise to carry on the mission of “Team Tiller.”

When your decision has been made that abortion is the correct choice for your compromised pregnancy, ACCON is ready to help you.  The services available for fetal indication terminations include,

• Chaplaincy program
• Hand and foot prints
• Cremation by a licensed Funeral Director and ashes returned if you wish.
• Pictures

Resources for Reading

• Cardin, Rabbi Nina Beth; Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss; (Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont) 1999 A sourcebook of prayers and rituals around pregnancy loss and infertility.
•   Kluger-Bell, Kim; Unspeakable Losses: Healing from Miscarriage, Abortion, and Other Pregnancy Loss, (W.W. Norton, New York) 1988 A psychotherapist shares stories of pregnancy loss, advice, and rituals for healing.
•   Kohn, Ingrid; Moffitt, Perry-Lynn; and Wilkins, Isabelle A; A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss - Guidance and Support for You and Your Family, (Routledge: London), 2000.  Describes different types of pregnancy loss, as well as medical and religious ways to cope with it.
•   Lanham, Carol Cirulli; Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Death (The Berkley Publishing Group: New York), 1999.
•   Lerner, Henry, Miscarriage: Why it Happens and How Best to Reduce Your Risks—A Doctor's Guide to the Facts, (Perseus Publishing: USA), 2003. Discusses the causes of miscarriage including scientific explanations. Also has a section on ways to cope emotionally with miscarriage.
• When Pregnancy Involves Loss: Helping Others Face Problem Pregnancies, Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns, General Assembly Council, Presbyterian Church (USA), 2004. A resource for women and men who have faced pregnancy loss, and the pastors and counselors who help them. Addresses issues of abortion, adoption, miscarriage, stillbirth, and sudden infant death syndrome.

Online Resources

www.aheartbreakingchoice.com
Parents’ stories about diagnosis, decision making, heartache, healing.

www.compassionatefriends.org
The Compassionate Friends is a website of resources for parents, friends, and clergy of those who have suffered pregnancy loss

www.ferre.org
"Healing from Miscarriage" brochure on miscarriage, includes the "healing bill of rights."

www.centeringcorp.com
Centering Corporation – offers a catalogue of resources on dealing with grief, including resources on pregnancy loss and infant death, links to other web sites.

www.nationalshareoffice.org
Pregnancy support network that offers a newsletter, chat rooms, events, and facts about miscarriage.

www.marchofdimes.org
Information on prevention, health concerns, and science based explanations.

We wish to thank Rabbi Bonnie Margulis for these references.

Abortions for Fetal Indications