Can You Be Forgiven After an Abortion but Still Need Healing?

Karen Luksch knew God had forgiven her for her abortion, yet the experience continued to affect her life, marriage, and future pregnancies in ways she did not fully recognize. Can someone receive Christ’s forgiveness and still carry emotional and relational wounds that need healing?

In this episode of Your Healing Place, Karen shares how fear, pride, family expectations, and pressure from her fiancé influenced her abortion decision shortly before their wedding. Although she later rededicated her life to Christ and asked God for forgiveness, she describes the abortion as a “ball and chain” that continued to follow her.

Years later, Karen participated in the Forgiven and Set Free abortion recovery Bible study. She entered the program believing she was  ...