Pregnancy loss in America has long been a lonely experience. A 2015 study found that a majority of American adults believed that miscarriage occurred in 5 percent of pregnancies or fewer. The findings, researchers wrote, underscored the intense shame and isolation associated with losing a pregnancy. It’s a consistent theme across different modes of pregnancy loss; a smaller study also published that year found that Americans who terminated their pregnancies because of fetal abnormalities often blamed themselves for their diagnoses, and reported social isolation because of the stigma surrounding abortion. Read more about pregnancy loss in a post-Dobbs America through the 🔗 in bio. ✍️: Shefali Luthra, health reporter at @19thnews 📸: @_melissagolden for The 19th