Supporting a Friend After an Abortion Decision: Ethical & Practical Guidance

Question
last week a friend of mine that im not extremley close to broke down and told me her partner had talked her in to having an abortion. the impression i get from her is that he forced her into it by booking the flights and the clinic miles away from home in the mainland uk. We live in Ireland, it is still ilegal here to have an abortion unless there is abnoralities or imitigating circumstances. she is close to her mum but said nothing to her mum at the time. she explained to me how nshe keeps thinking she would have a three month old baby now and how its breaking her heart. They were both as far as i knew in a stable relationship for nearly two years have a home together. but lateley suspisions that me and another friend have had about him have been confirmed, but thats another issue. she has been heavily drinking and is emotionally distraught, we also fear for her and feel she has been self harming, which she had done in the past many years ago. i feel for her she has been through so much and for her to be dealing with this on her own breaks my heart. the night she broke down to me i didn't know what to say to her. I have begged her to see her GP or a practice nurse at the local health clinic. What else can I do and what other advice can i give her or who can i turn her to. thankyou tanya.  

Answer
I would suggest she talk to someone experienced in post-abortion issues.  In the US we have a few organizations that do that, most crisis pregnancy centers will help and if you're Catholic there is a project called Rachel's Vineyard that is designed for healing.  In the UK, there is Imagenet (0845 330 8466) and I'm sure there must be something through the church.  www.prolifecare.com offers email counselling and www.pregnancycenter.org has email, phone (US) and AOL IM counselling.

Hope that helps, if you need me to find some more resources let me know.