When an expecting couple experiences a miscarriage, the loss can be heartbreaking. Sadly, the abortion industry often minimizes that grief by insisting the unborn child was merely a “clump of cells.” This week on Straight Talk on Life Issues, Tim and Melanie Counts join us to share their family’s powerful story of miscarriage, faith, and healing. They also offer practical, compassionate advice for how you can best support parents walking through the pain of pregnancy loss.
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God Helps Moms Who Suffer Miscarriage
After my son and his wife suffered an early miscarriage of twins, a well-meaning friend said, “That’s okay. She’s young and can have more.” It was as if the lives of my grandsons didn’t matter.
Many parents suffer in silence. Even more lack support from friends and family.
But miscarriage is the same as a death of a born child. Parents who have dealt with miscarriage need our prayers, comfort and understanding.
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Early Pregnancy Loss Association
The Early Pregnancy Loss Association (EPLA) supports women and families as they suffer early pregnancy loss. To provide this support, we distribute resources to care providers that directly aid women while they undergo the immediate physical and emotional burden of their loss.
By working closely with professional care providers, we are able to reach women and families through their current network of care. Care providers include doctors, nurses, clergy, counselors, and other non-profit service organizations that currently provide care for women and families.
Go to their website.
www.MiscarriageHurts.com
A newly published study from Italy shows women who’ve had an abortion are more than twice as likely to die by suicide compared with women who gave birth. These findings are similar to studies in Finland and the United States. But something from the Italy study stunned me. The rate of women who died by suicide after suffering a miscarriage was appallingly high also.
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Meghan McCain on Miscarriage
Miscarriage touches so many lives. Not just parents, but grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings feel the pain. Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Senator John McCain and a co-host of The View, recently experienced the tragedy of miscarriage. She expressed the hearts of thousands of mothers in a New York Times editorial.
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New Test for Miscarriage
Here’s encouraging news for mothers and fathers who’ve experienced miscarriage. A new test, appropriately called STORK, was developed by a research team from Columbia University and backed by the National Institutes of Health. It assesses the risk of miscarriage for an existing pregnancy. It’s relatively inexpensive and provides same-day results.
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Stolen Right to Grieve
Extreme pro-abortion leaders have stolen more from America’s women than aborted babies. Constance Hull very eloquently told us what it was. She had just experienced her fourth miscarriage and indicts pro-abortion leaders for stealing the grief of millions of fathers and mothers who suffer the loss of a baby not by choice.
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Guests
Tim and Melanie Count have experienced pregnancy loss through miscarriage. They are sharing their story to help us learn how we can comfort and help our family and friends who may have experienced miscarriage. Tim is the pastor of Northshire Baptist Church in Manchester Center, Vermont, and serves on the Leadership Team for Small Town Summits. Melanie is a stay-at-home mom and mother of five ages 3-17 including twin foster boys.
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