Ministries that offer hope and healing to women after abortion are emphasizing the reality of abortion after pop star Britney Spears revealed the agony of her own experience.

“The thing to note is that when somebody like a cultural icon like Britney comes out with her message and her truth and her experience, it will trigger other women,” Georgette Forney, co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and president of Anglicans for Life, told Our Sunday Visitor. “It is important for every woman to know that their pain is actually normal.”

“The loss of a child — even if it was a child you weren’t sure you wanted or you wanted and nobody else around you did — that’s a real loss,” she added.

[Katie goes on to discuss the media’s clear discomfort in reporting honestly on the revelation. Be sure to read it all. — Ed]