A mother with postpartum depression seeks advice

Every now and then, this blog hosts an informal pro-life advice column. Such is the case today. All identifying details of the advice-seeker have been changed, for reasons that will become apparent.

Anonymous: I joined an outpatient program for postpartum depression (PPD), which I’m attending with my infant. The problem is that the program takes place in the same building as a well-known abortion center.

Bringing my baby into a building that houses an abortion center gives me the creeps, frankly. It’s not something I need to be dealing with while I’m already going through PPD with intrusive thoughts. However, the program is really good, and I think this is pretty much the only local option for intensive PPD therapy. I’d appreciate any thoughts you have on this.

I’m also hesitant to mention this as a problem to any of the staff there because they brought in a sex educator from a very pro-choice local clinic (she didn’t talk about abortion, but I Googled the clinic) to talk to us and I’m not sure if they’ll understand why this is such a problem. I’m also not sure how to express my problem without sounding like I’m being judgmental of others.