Where were you in 1976? Were you even born? Debbie Ummel, Jolie Zimmer and Marbeth Foley, members of Milwaukee Feminists for Life, wanted to help women who were hurting after abortion. They went to Dr. Monte Liebman, a psychiatrist for help, but he told them they could do it themselves. The ladies were skeptical at first, but with training they began offering hope to women who suffered a loss by abortion, miscarriage and adoption placement. They used the Yellow Pages – ask someone if you don’t know what they are – and a twenty-four-hour phone line that was forwarded to the homes of volunteers. They called it the Pregnancy Aftermath Helpline and it quickly became a lifeline to hurting mothers and fathers in the Milwaukee area. Thanks, Dan Zeidler, for this look back.
This post originally appeared at https://lifeissues.org/2023/04/1976-helping-women-after-abortion/