What 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, […]
In 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 […]
Photograph 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, […]
The 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 […]
Jaelyn Barnes had a miscarriage at eleven weeks. Baby Nielson, as you can see in this family photo, was a human being. This being Jaelyn’s fifth child, she was an experienced mother and their entire family was ecstatic for the newest addition. Jaelyn’s husband was serving their community as police officer when they first discovered […]
I’ve never had an abortion. I’ve had three healthy babies, one singleton and a set of twins. During my third pregnancy, the worst occurred: a miscarriage. I was walked to the precipice of choice on how to proceed. I could allow the miscarriage to happen naturally; use a chemical option, misoprostol; or opt for a […]
On 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 […]
Memorial photograph of a pro-life mother’s miscarried baby I have been actively involved in the pro-life movement for almost ten years now. In that time, I have had the privilege of meeting countless amazing pro-life people, including many who have conceived children over the years. One of the great things about the pro-life community is […]