Rebecca Little and Colleen Long launch "I'm Sorry for My Loss"

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More than a million people lose a pregnancy each year, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or termination for medical reasons. For most, the experience often casts a shadow of isolation, shame, and blame. In the aftermath of the 2022 decision to overturn Roe v Wade, 25 million people of childbearing age live in states with laws that restrict access to abortion, including for those who never wanted to end their pregnancies. How did we get here?

Rebecca Little and Colleen Long, childhood friends who grew up to be journalists, both experienced late-term loss, and together they take an incisive, deeply reported look at the issue, working to shatter taboos that have made so many pregnant people feel ashamed and alone. They trace the experience of pregnancy loss and reproductive care from America's founding to the present day, exposing the deep impact made by a dangerous tangle of laws, politics, medicine, racism, and misogyny. Combining powerful personal narratives with exhaustive research, I'm Sorry for My Loss is a comprehensive examination on how pregnancy loss came to be so stigmatized and politicized, and why a system of more compassionate care is critical for everyone.

"Sobering and well researched, this book lays bare major fault lines in a maternal reproductive care system in dire need of radical transformation. . . . Necessary, thoughtful, and heartfelt." — Kirkus Reviews

Rebecca Little is an accomplished Chicago-based freelance writer and former contributing editor for Chicago Magazine. She has written for The Chicago Tribune, WBEZ, Slate, Zagat, The Irish Times, and Crains Chicago Business, among other publications. She has written about education, parenting, home design, style, politics, travel and pop culture. She has a master of science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Colleen Long is a writer and a veteran journalist based in Washington, D.C. who has covered some of the most important news in the nation over the past 20 years, including crime and courts in New York City, immigration in the Trump era, the Justice Department, and the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. Her work has appeared in every major news publication in the world, and she was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2019 for the AP's work on immigration.

Roni Caryn Rabin is a health reporter on the science desk of the New York Times. Her recent coverage focuses on maternal and child health, racial and economic disparities in health care, adverse effects of drugs and medical devices, organ transplantation technology, and the influence of money on medicine.

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