News & Views Don’t lecture me about morality Joyce and co: I’m a mother, not a loophole Women deserve respect, not regulation, because pregnancy, loss and parenthood are about survival, compassion and trust, not exploitation.
Ed's Blog A bill on stillbirth sees men enter the conversation to make unhinged abortion claims Priya’s Law aims to clarify that employers can’t cancel paid parental leave if a child is stillborn or dies. But these men have “concerns”
Politics ‘Whiplash of grief’: The Aussie parents calling for action on stillbirth A group of bereaved parents have come together to call for urgent national action on Australia’s failure to reduce stillbirth rates.
Women's Health News Stillbirth impacts 2,000 Australian families every year, a new national standard is set to improve care The first national standard on stillbirth has been released today that will address the stigma and improve pregnancy care for Australians.
News & Views The things I would’ve liked to have known before delivering my stillborn child In 2019 I gave birth to a baby girl who was born, as they say, ‘still’. These are some of things I would have liked to have known, writes Rebecca Zwier.
Leadership Kristina Keneally on the private trauma of stillbirth & the bill she hopes will better support parents Kristina Keneally has lobbied for years to have more companies standardise paid parental leave for those who have lost a child.
News & Views ‘Validation that miscarriage matters’: Federal Government to introduce paid miscarriage leave Women who experience miscarriage will be entitled to two days of paid bereavement leave, as part of new landmark legislation.
News & Views NSW government to introduce paid miscarriage and stillbirth leave in public sector Parents in the NSW public sector who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth will be provided with one week of bereavement leave.
News & Views New Zealand parliament unanimously approves paid leave for parents after miscarriage or stillbirth New Zealand’s parliament has voted unanimously to grant parents three days paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth.
Health Chrissy Teigen’s heartbreaking account of pregnancy loss helps to normalise an all-too familiar experience Chrissy Teigen has penned a raw, heartbreaking and all-too familiar essay following the loss of her third pregnancy in September.
News & Views How I dealt with the worst news of my life: My baby would be a stillbirth What do you say when you’ve just received the worst news of your life? This is Sarah Styles’ harrowing account of stillbirth.
Politics ‘She taught me to survive’: Kristina Keneally’s fight for paid leave for parents of stillborns In Australia, six babies every day are stillborn with the rate remaining largely unchanged for two decades. Kristina Keneally