Nicola Sturgeon has backed campaigners demanding better miscarriage care.
The First Minister, who has spoken about the pain of her own miscarriage, voiced support for the Changing Miscarriage Care campaign, launched by her friend and parliamentary colleague Shona Robison to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week.
She tweeted: “Not only has Shona – like so many other women – gone through miscarriage herself, she was a great source of support to me when I did.”
Ms Sturgeon spoke about losing her baby in an interview with Sunday Post columnist Mandy Rhodes in 2016.
She said she hoped allowing the details to be written would challenge assumptions made about women who have not had children.
A belated message of support in #BabyLossAwarenessWeek for the #ChangingMiscarriageCare campaign being led by my friend @ShonaRobison. Not only has Shona – like so many other women – gone through miscarriage herself, she was a great source of support to me when I did. https://t.co/KKO9hafBuK
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) October 10, 2020
“Sometimes having a baby just doesn’t happen, no matter how much we might want it to,” she said.
Launching the campaign last month, Ms Robison, with aide Nadia El-Nakla, who is married to Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf, told The Sunday Post the SNP leader had supported her when she miscarried.
She said: “I hope this campaign helps give voice to women who have miscarried and stops us thinking we should put up with things simply because we are women.”
The campaign calls for best practice in care and treatment to be adopted across NHS Scotland, and aims to raise awareness of the physical and emotional toll of miscarriage.
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