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The Myths of Miscarriage

The Myths of Miscarriage

What: The Atlantic’s Ashley Parker writes a moving essay on what it was like to have a miscarriage, including how the “routine” parts of it felt nothing further routine, including learning that a D+C procedure, even for a miscarriage, is technically called an abortion.

Key Line: “Every Wednesday night, I have a standing Zoom with five other women, all friends from college. …Between us, we have been pregnant 24 times and collectively given birth to 14 kids. This statistic—six women, 24 pregnancies, 14 kids—stops me cold every time it occurs to me, but it shouldn’t.”

Source: The Atlantic

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