Rights after miscarriage

“We are fighting for hundreds of thousands of families!”

If a child is born "stillborn" weighing less than 500 grams, the mother has no rights to support.

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Giving birth to a dead child is already a traumatic experience. Experts criticize the fact that so-called star parents are also treated unequally in Austria: If the fetus weighs less than 500 grams, there are fewer rights. This could now finally change.

Monika Romaniewicz had to go through hell in September 2022 - she lost her child in the 20th week of pregnancy. In order to give birth, she was given medication to induce labor. "I had storms of contractions. The birth and the entire treatment were a disaster," she recalls. At this stage of pregnancy, the placenta is already very mature. "As a result, I had heavy bleeding afterwards. I asked when I should go back to work after this experience and nobody could answer me."