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WOMAN CHOICE: Counseling helps in healing process From Page A6
counseling, helpful programs and ultrasounds are available. Heady noted that the ultrasound pictures have sometimes helped change women’s minds about terminating their pregnancies. She also pointed out that an encouraging word from a family member or friend could make all the difference — both for women considering abortion and those who’ve had one. “I wish I had never made the choice,” Heady said. “But since I did, I wish I would have gotten the healing much sooner. “All of those emotions are tied into that one thing. It’s like a wound that gets infected Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen and spreads. It affects who you are as a mother, a wife, a sister… it affects every- Joyce Heady, Cookeville Pregnancy Clinic volunteer, left, and Kelli Raper, CPC part-time staff member, talk about thing.” ways to help women who need healing after having chosen abortion.