Abortion Recovery InterNational, Inc.

Presentation by: Stacy Massey, President / Founding Partner

ARIN - a professional Christian association uniting abortion recovery efforts.

Pregnant in 1980, my boyfriend withdrew $300.00 and sent me to a Newport Beach clinic.

One house,

two college degreesand three decades later…

Over half of my family is missing!

There is still no one who can fill these shoes.”

- Stacy

Dylan Conor, aborted – Fall 1980

Dory Kalani, aborted – Winter 1990

Danika Grace, miscarried – Fall 1992

Women who have had a previous abortion are at a 60% higher risk of miscarriage for subsequent pregnancies. -BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2006

ARIN History

In the Winter of 2003:

Abortion Recovery International Network

was conceived by: God and entrusted to:

Christine Jackman and Stacy Massey

In the Spring of 2004:

ARIN was launched!

In December of 2007:

ARIN was incorporated as: Abortion Recovery InterNational,

Inc.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. - Isaiah 61:1-2

Our Mission

Our Mission:

By uniting recovery efforts, ARIN will encourage healing opportunities to those wounded by abortion and will enlighten society to the affects of abortion on individuals and families.

“I spent years in and out of

rehab. Drugs and alcohol became my

life. - Rachel

Research has found that those who abort their first pregnancy are 3.9 times more likely to engage in subsequent drug or alcohol abuse than those who have never had an abortion. -Elliot Institute 2002

Our abortion ruined my self-esteem, as well as my

marriage.

I didn’t stand up for my baby.

-Gene

Feelings of shame and guilt are often a result

of not protecting or providing for a child.

Up to 70% of relationships end

following an abortion.-Shostak, A. & McLouth, G. 1984.

-Milling, 1975-Association for Interdisciplinary

Research in Value and Social Change

“Parents are faced with a shell of a person and have no idea where they lost their child.”

-Terri

Teens who abort are up to 4 times more

likely to commit suicide than adults

who abort.

-B. Garfinkel, “Stress, Depression and Suicide: A Study of Adolescents in

Minnesota” 1986

Teens are 9 times more likely to report

subsequent marijuana use after abortion.

-Journal of Youth and Adolescence 2006

“Never did I imagine the depth of my emotions when I saw my small embryo, floating in the water!”

-Kaiya, 17 (chemical abortion RU486)

65% of people affected by abortion suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

- VM Rue, Induced Abortion and Traumatic Stress 2004-Medical Science Monitor 2003

“Men don’t have a ‘choice’.

Yet many still suffer from after abortion

complications.”-Lynn

Many post-abortion men do not perceive abortion as an easy experience.

72 to 75% say that they have “lingering or disturbing thoughts” about the abortion.

-Alliance on Post-Abortion Research and Training

“I was raped and got pregnant.

Nobody told me the abortion

would hurt more emotionally than

the rape.”

– Maya

Of women who were raped and became pregnant: -70% had their babies and none regretted their decision. -78% who aborted had regrets and said that abortion was the wrong

decision. – Dr. David Reardon,Victims and Victors 2000

“Mom, I have more siblings in Heaven than I do on Earth!” -Davis 20, Stacy’s son

World-wide, approximately 50% of children born into the world today have aborted siblings.

-Philip G. Ney, MD, MA, FRCPC, RPsych

“I pressured my daughter to get an abortion.

She dropped out of college due to depression.

I encouraged the death of my grandchild.

What was I thinking?” -

Mike

Abortion affects

generations!

64% of American women who have had abortions felt pressured by others.

-Medical Science Monitor 2004

“30 years after my abortion, I found myself having another medical procedure.

Research indicates that abortion may increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer by 30%.

- Woman’s Health, “Abortion: Is There a Connection?” 2006

There was no “choice” for me this time. I had breast cancer.”

-Susan

If we don’t help them…one of these days –

they may get it right.

Suicide rates are 6-7 times higher among women who abort.

-“Suicides After Pregnancy 1987-1994”, British Journal of Medicine 1996

-”Injury Deaths, Suicides and Homicides Associated with Pregnancy,”European Journal of Public Health 2005

“My family, friends and boyfriend told me that abortion was my best choice.

Even our church pastor agreed.

My church still won’t talk to me about my abortion, depression and suicide attempts.”

- Anonymous

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. -Hosea 4:6 NASB

79% of women having abortions report a religious affiliation.

– Guttmacher Institute

“I believe the number one obstacle for many women being intimate with God is a past abortion.

The shame and inability to forgive themselves makes it difficult to accept God’s love and forgiveness.

Abortion recovery is desperately needed in every church.

Thank God that ARIN is making it available.”

-Janet

Janet has spent the past 25 years assisting in ministries that serve women. She has

NOT personally experienced an abortion.

In 2007 … Abortion Recovery InterNational

assisted over 30,000 people find help from a

past abortion.

2008 projected figures = over 40,000

We are honored to meet individuals, affected by abortion, exactly where they are … with love, acceptance, and compassion, followed by

truth and hope.

Please review Part 2 of this presentation!