I’ve seen it all – abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth – sometimes too close to home.
Stillbirth – carrying a fetus to term or near-term -- is the most traumatic. No one talks about it. No lawmakers consider legislation to punish anyone for it. No religious organization condemns it. But the mother, the father, and the immediate family suffer intense pain ... and wonder why they are forced to endure such tragedy.
Miscarriage is also emotionally and physically painful for the mother, often traumatic for the father and troubling for family members eagerly anticipating a granddaughter, a grandson, a niece, a nephew.