{"id":249708,"date":"2021-07-26T16:41:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=249708"},"modified":"2021-07-28T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:52:29","slug":"pro-abortion-legislators-mandate-leave-miscarriage-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-legislators-mandate-leave-miscarriage-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"DISSONANCE: Pro-abortion legislators co-sponsor act to mandate paid leave to grieve pregnancy loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) recently introduced a bill<\/a> they say would mandate employers to offer three days (or 24 work hours) of paid leave time for women and couples who suffer a miscarriage.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook video<\/a> about the Support Through Loss Act, Rep. Pressley commented, “While often underreported, it is estimated that pregnancy loss or miscarriage occurs in 10-15% of known pregnancies. Many people are unaware of how prevalent miscarriage and pregnancy loss are until they or their families experience it firsthand.”<\/p>\n

While acknowledging this truth is laudable,\u00a0Rep. Pressley<\/a> and Sen. Duckworth are at the same time\u00a0ardent supporters<\/a> of abortion on demand up until birth. They appear disconnected from the reality that dehumanizing unwanted preborn children in the womb through abortion advocacy necessarily impacts societal attitudes towards\u00a0all<\/em> preborn children in the womb, including those who are lost to miscarriage and stillbirth.<\/p>\n