MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec 8, 2000 (LSN.ca) – An Australian study on miscarriage published in the current British Journal of Medical Psychology says, “Miscarriage can no longer be regarded as a minor matter by either health professionals or the lay community.” The study reported that grief and trauma are almost universally experienced by both mothers and fathers of unborn children lost through miscarriage.
The researchers questioned 39 mothers who had had miscarriages within three weeks and 32 of their partners. Nearly 90 per cent of women and 87 per cent of men said they were sad or very sad in reaction to the loss of the child. When questioned between two and five months later, more than 70 per cent of the women and nearly 60 per cent of the men still felt sad or very sad. “Findings indicate that there is a need for health professionals to legitimize the grief of both women and partners and where appropriate offering counselling or referral,” said the study. “After a miscarriage the father’s feelings are rarely given consideration because of the assumption they do not bond with the unborn child.”
For years the professional psychological establishment in North America has refused to acknowledge post abortion syndrome, an affliction like pregnancy loss by miscarriage but coupled with the horror of having consented to and encouraged the death. With abortions there is also the suffering caused when the mother or father of the child are not wanting the abortion. Either the woman consents due to pressure from the father or the father is left powerless to defend his offspring while the mother insists on an abortion.
For more see the coverage from the BBC and the Times at: https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1059000/1059821.stm https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,48135,00.html