Life Choices: Reflections on the Spirituality of Abortion

February 20, 2013
Life Choices: Reflections on the Spirituality of Abortion
Linda Weber, M.A., Earth & Sky Counseling, private practice in psychotherapy and spiritual counseling

Interface Host: Barry Erdman

About the Presentation:
Ms. Weber will discuss the profound spiritual and psychological teachings of abortion. She will also address how the presence of conflicts about women’s reproductive choices supports the emergence of women’s empowerment and a greater worldwide movement towards conscious caring about life on the planet. This includes an intriguing discussion of death in relation to pregnancy choices and the earth’s life/death/life cycles. Based on Life Choices: The Teachings of Abortion, Linda’s book published in 2011.

About the Presenter:

Linda Weber has been a psychotherapist and spiritual counselor for women for forty years, as well as a writer, singer-songwriter, and rites of passage guide. She became an active feminist in 1970, and was one of the country’s first abortion counselors. She cofounded a non-profit abortion/women’s health clinic in Boulder, Colorado in 1973, where she created and directed the counseling program.

Linda has spent her life studying history, psychology, and spirituality, and how they intersect. She leads individual women and groups out into the wilderness every summer to experience the power of the Earth’s teachings. Her work includes the study of dying as a rite of passage.

Linda performed with a women’s a cappella ensemble for fifteen years. She is the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of five children. She lives in Boulder, CO. She is the author of Life Choices: The Teachings of Abortion. She is also the winner of the 2012 Daily Camera Pacesetter Award for Science, Medicine, and Health.

Additional Resources:

Linda Weber
[email protected]
303-442-1394
www.earthskycounseling.com
www.lifechoicesteachingsofabortion.com

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