Jersey Shore Life Link

If you or anyone you know has been affected by abortion and are seeking help, please know that there is hope. Many places are available for women, men, and families which provide an environment of compassion and an opportunity for healing from of a past abortion experience. These places are staffed with people who understand the pain you are going through. Some places of support are listed below.

For additional words of encouragement Be Not Afraid: An Invitation to Healing 

• Lumina
  877.586.4621
  Lumina is a post-abortion referral network committed to giving you the help you need to work through the feelings and emotions surrounding an abortion. Lumina can put you in contact with those who can help you understand what you are going through. Referrals are provided to Peer Groups, post-abortion ministries, professional therapists and counselors, and clergy.
  
  
• Open Door
  533 Lakehurst Rd, Toms River
  732.240.5504
  Provides post-abortion care and education for women and men.
  
  
• Project Rachel
  Diocese of Trenton 609.406.7435
  Project Rachel allows you, in a caring and hopeful environment, to move toward reconciliation with yourself, your unborn child, your family, your church and with God. Abortion is not an unforgivable sin, and the Church wants to welcome you home to the limitless mercy and forgiving love of Christ Jesus. Through this ministry, Catholic priests are available to support and assist you through the healing process. Non-catholics can be referred to a minister who will guide you toward inner and spiritual healing. You can read more from the online brochure here.
  
  
• Rachel’s Vineyard
  877.HOPE.4ME
  Weekend retreats offer you a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.
  
  
• Sisters of Life
  866.575.0075
  Entering Canaan retreats & days of prayer
  Taking its name from the Exodus experience of the Jewish people from slavery and debasement into the Promised Land, Entering Canaan accompanies those who have suffered abortion on a Sacramental journey into the true Promised Land of the Heart of Jesus. Fundamental to this mission is the belief that each person, no matter what they have done or how they feel, is to be cherished and loved as a unique reflection of God’s love.