A Way To Remember, To Grieve and To Love
Buttons Project provides a platform for people affected by abortion to take a step towards healing by sending in buttons.
Each button represents a baby we have not met. We hope to enable anyone affected by abortion, not only women but also fathers, grandparents and siblings, to have a tangible way of commemorating these babies.
These babies were carried for only a moment, but they are loved for a lifetime. We often wonder how they would look like, their likes and preferences, how old they would be right now if the abortion hadn’t happened. We think about them often. They are our unforgotten babies.
Together, we create a memorial to remember, to grieve and to love. If you are affected by abortion, will you send in a precious button to commemorate the baby who has never left your heart?
Our Stories
Marina Young
Founder
New Zealand
Marina, the founder of this project in New Zealand, carried in her heart the deep and secret loss of abortion for many years; a loss which she could not grieve nor talk about openly. After a long journey of healing and restoration, she had often wondered how she could help women like herself, by giving them a safe place to grieve and to commemorate the babies lost.
June Bai
Singapore
June started Buttons Project Singapore in 2017 after meeting Marina in New Zealand. Having been through an abortion, and having struggled with intense pain, guilt and shame, the idea of sending in a button as a memorial to her child strongly resonated with her. It is her hope that in bringing this project to Singapore, people in the same situation will find strength in taking a step towards healing when they realise that they are not alone in this struggle.