Pro-life groups urged to offer burial services for miscarried and aborted infants

In a personal narrative, Jessica chose to bury her second-trimester miscarriage and shared a photo of her baby’s face preserved in saline, while a friend who aborted at the same gestational age was unaware of the fetus’s development. The writer notes that most pro-life churches and pregnancy-center networks lack dedicated programs for pregnancy loss, despite the profound grief such losses cause. By offering burial or cremation resources—through kits, cemetery sections, and collaborations with funeral homes—these groups could provide meaningful closure.

Examples cited include Heaven’s Gain Ministries, Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, and St. James on the Glebe Anglican Church, which have already facilitated infant burials. The piece argues that honoring the dignity of every unborn child, regardless of how the loss occurred, can strengthen a culture of life and potentially reduce repeat abortions.