No, Pennsylvania is not fining women for miscarriages.
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Guest BloggerSummary of Pennsylvania’s Final Disposition of Fetal Remains Act Today’s guest post is by Daniel Gump. On January 11, 2021, Pennsylvania Representative Francis Ryan reintroduced the Final Disposition of Fetal Remains Act (House Bill No. 118) to The General Assembly of Pennsylvania.[1] He previously introduced it to the committee on health in September 2019.[2] This […]
Investigating miscarriages would be cruel, wasteful, and destructive.
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Monica SnyderSometimes pro-choice people claim that outlawing abortion would mean the state will investigate every miscarriage as potential murder. Pro-lifers counter that natural death (miscarriage) is not equivalent to purposeful killing (abortion). This reply is obviously true, but it doesn’t really address the concern. At minimum, early miscarriage and medication-induced abortion look physiologically the same. If […]
The importance of being a parent when children won’t live long after birth
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Guest BloggerEditor’s note: We believe it’s important for more of the public to be aware of perinatal hospice services. We recently published overviews of what perinatal hospice entails and state laws regarding patient notification of perinatal hospice options. In today’s post, guest blogger Leslie Corbly summarizes a recent article published in The Journal of Pediatric Nursing: “Being […]
When Should States Enact Perinatal Hospice Notification Laws?
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Kelsey HazzardIn a recent Note in the Washington University Law Review, author Ashley Flakus examines when, if at all, it is appropriate for the state to require pregnant women be told about perinatal hospice. (Click here for a general overview perinatal hospice services.) While Flakus is obviously pro-choice, she makes some valid points about abortion, perinatal […]
A Pro-Life Introduction to Perinatal Hospice
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Kelsey HazzardWhat is Perinatal Hospice? Unless you or a loved one have utilized the services of a perinatal hospice program, you likely didn’t even know such a thing existed. Hospice, as we know, is for dying people… so why would we be contemplating such a system for a newly born baby? Especially in a first-world country, […]
Our cultural gaslighting of women who miscarry before 20 weeks
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Monica SnyderIn early 2019, I miscarried one of my twins. I had already known how common miscarriage is, and I suspected that when I began talking publicly about my miscarriage, people I’ve known for years would quietly let me know they had also had pregnancy losses. It was bittersweet for that prediction to come true; their […]
How Legal Abortion Twists Society’s Response to Miscarriages
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Kelsey HazzardPhotograph by Joy Real on Unsplash. Image description: A cemetery in snow. October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time when we remember children lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and the families they have left behind. As a mother who has lost two of my children to miscarriage, […]
Nearly half of all fertilized eggs fail to implant.
/0 Comments/in Biology, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Monica SnyderThe human zygote is the first developmental stage of a human organism’s life cycle. Sometimes when I state this fact, people respond by pointing out that many zygotes never implant. Bill Nye made the same point in his video on abortion rights: Many many many more hundreds of eggs are fertilized than become humans. Eggs […]
Your miscarriage stories
/0 Comments/in Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss /by Kelsey HazzardOn Tuesday, we posted an article about miscarriage and asked our supporters on facebook: “Have you lost a child to miscarriage? How did your pro-life friends and family react? How did your pro-choice friends and family react?” You had some insightful, moving responses. A selection follows. (You can read them all in their entirety here.) Without […]