In a column published in the newspaper

Le Monde

 this Sunday, the collective "Miscarriage, true experience" asks to replace the expression "miscarriage" by "natural termination of pregnancy", in order to put an end to the taboo which surrounds the early termination of pregnancy.

According to the six founders of the collective, one in four pregnancies in France ends during the first trimester.

A guilty expression

Contacted by the

Huffington Post

, one of the signatories explains: “There has been a lot of thought about the use of the term miscarriage.

Its interest is to be an expression understood by everyone, but it remains problematic in many respects”.

In particular, according to her, the guilt-inducing nature of the expression in force, which could suggest that it is a “voluntary act”.

The collective is therefore asking for the establishment of a national multimedia information campaign in order to raise public awareness on this subject which is too often considered delicate.

The founders of “Faussecouche, vrai experienced” are also calling for the establishment of a paid work stoppage of at least three days for women and their spouses as well as the provision of reimbursed psychological follow-up.

Nearly 6,000 signatures

Finally, the collective calls for the distribution in maternity wards of a booklet on natural terminations of pregnancy as well as the integration in sex education courses of teaching on this subject.

Finally, he asks that training be put in place for midwives and gynecologists-obstetricians, but also an increase in the budget allocated to hospitals to better take care of couples faced with a natural termination of pregnancy.

The column published in Le Monde was signed by a hundred personalities.

At the same time, a petition is circulating online to give weight to their demands.

It has already collected nearly 6,000 signatures.

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