{"id":71114,"date":"2015-08-05T14:18:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?p=71114"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:29:00","slug":"cnn-op-ed-examines-zuckerbergs-important-message-on-miscarriage","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2015\/cnn-op-ed-examines-zuckerbergs-important-message-on-miscarriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Co-Authors CNN Op-Ed on Facebook Founder&#8217;s Miscarriage Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">August 5, 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/08\/05\/opinions\/abbott-declercq-pregnancy-loss\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">op-ed article written for CNN<\/a>, Professor Eugene Declercq and School of Medicine Professor Jodi F. Abbott examine the potential implications of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s revelation that he and wife Pricilla Chan endured multiple miscarriages over the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>In a public post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zuck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his Facebook page<\/a>, Zuckerberg and Chan shared that the couple is expecting a baby girl, but that their good news follows three miscarriages. Declercq, a professor of maternal and child health, and Abbott, vice chair for education at the School of Medicine\u00a0Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, write that the viral spread of this\u00a0personal experience is a &#8220;valuable step forward in starting a public discussion about the issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to raise awareness that pregnancy loss is part of millions of women&#8217;s reproductive lives,&#8221; they write. &#8220;Women don&#8217;t have to feel devastated and alone when they experience such a loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While only 1 percent of women experience more than one pregnancy loss, the authors say that miscarriages are very common. About 20 percent of women who deliver a child have had a prior miscarriage, the authors wrote, with miscarriages becoming more common as women age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an op-ed article written for CNN, Professor Eugene Declercq and School of Medicine Professor Jodi F. 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