Republican Big Brother State-Mandated Mourning for Aborted Fetuses

[Freethinker65]

15. This happened to me about 20 years ago

I was having my second miscarriage at under 6 weeks and desperately rushed to my HMO clinic. I was bleeding and passed some tissue. I was sent home for my body to recover and was scheduled for a D and C follow up a bit later. After the D and C at a Catholic hospital, and still groggy from anesthesia, I was informed by someone that memorial services were available for the scrapings of my D and C. I kind of laughed and thought it was a sort of sick joke and declined the offer. The pathology report came back that I had had a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) nothing was abnormal and no fetal tissue was detected and I went on with my life. I soon got pregnant again and delivered a 31 week old premie. While my son was fighting for his life in the NICU, I received a phone call asking if I would be attending the yearly memorial service of my baby's death. I was immediately shocked and confused, thinking something had happened to my son in the NICU. That soon turned to anger when I realized they were talking about a perpetual yearly memorial for non-fetal tissue of a year ago that I had declined. I explained to NEVER call me again and that the call had effectively retraumatized me, which I did not appreciate. I received a half apology about the call with an added "if you ever change your mind, we have periodic memorials for...". I hung up. It still angers me today.