July 2021 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP If some women do not experience post-abortion loss or grief – does that mean no woman is allowed to have these feelings after an abortion? What if a woman does have feelings of loss or grief? Do we have the right to tell her she should not feel this way? The topic of abortion and how women should feel about it is messy…
February 2021 by Dr. Laura Lewis Sherie was 18 years old when she came to see me at the clinic on a Friday morning. She presented with a cold but admitted that she might be pregnant. Without me asking many questions, Sherie’s words spilled out, “I can’t go through another abortion…It was the worst decision I ever made…I felt like I had no other choice…I…
January 2020 Laura Lewis MD, CCFP I am proud of how pregnancy care centres across our nation cared for the vulnerable when much of the world was shut down. When many businesses and organizations closed their doors in 2020 because of COVID-19, PCC-affiliated pregnancy care centres did not. Instead, they asked, “What can we do? How can we still help?” Centres went to work virtually and continued to…
January 2020 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP How do we prevent the winds of culture from blowing us off course? 2020 was a challenging year. It was full of tragedy, confusion, polarization, racial tension, the rise of cancel culture, heated intolerance, and much more. I often considered deleting social media and turning off my television to spare myself the biased, often fact-devoid content. However, rather than complete avoidance, I…
October 2020 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP Often in pregnancy care work, we speak of the specific loss and pain of abortion, yet the trauma involved in miscarriage or stillbirth can be equally profound. Recently an individual reached out to us looking for support as she navigated her miscarriage loss. Her request reminded me of the many aspects of grief involved in a pregnancy loss or death of an infant…
September 2020 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP These ads stopped my scroll through Facebook. I instantly felt many things – shock, concern, and even some offence. And I thought, Is this conversation really happening in Canada? My mind Is filled with many concerns and questions. We know about the devasting human rights violations of China’s One-Child Policy. Is this being overlooked? We also know about the disrupted social structures…