One in ten known pregnancies end in miscarriage. When you count situations where people don't even know that they're pregnant yet, it can be as high as one in four pregnancies ending in miscarriage. She had a surgical procedure to remove the pregnancy tissue from her uterus. And she and her husband continued to try to conceive with no success.
Across the United States, Republicans emboldened by the overturning of Roe v. Wade are passing laws intended to stop medical staff from providing an abortion.
But those same laws may also be scaring health workers out of providing basic care for miscarriages.
Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science writer for The New York Times.
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