Nearly every expectant mother who has seen the telltale line on a pregnancy test or who has searched the sonogram while the tech wands her belly knows the flash of worry: What if this little life doesn’t make it?
Each year in the United States, around 1 million pregnancies end in miscarriage, and another 20,000 babies die before they are born or shortly after, owing to birth defects. Pregnancy loss is common yet incredibly personal for women longing for a child. It’s easy to understand why Americans, pro-lifers as well as those calling for “reproductive rights,” are outraged at the idea of women not getting timely, thorough care when they miscarry or undergo a stillbirth.
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