For Parents who Ended a Wanted Pregnancy

Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR)

Parents who face the heartbreaking choice to terminate a wanted pregnancy for medical reasons (TFMR) face overwhelming grief just like parents who lose a baby to miscarriage or stillbirth.  Added to that grief are the physical, emotional, political and religious aspects of this decision.  Sadly, parents going through TFMR often struggle to find help, even within the pregnancy loss community. 

Local/Regional Resources

In Manhattan, KS, the MISS Foundation Support Group welcomes those have lost a child at any age, to any cause.  I have confirmed with them that TFMR parents would be welcome.

Our local contact is Racheal Rasmussen.  You can e-mail Racheal: 
​racheal.rasmussen@missfoundation.org.

There is a Facebook group for the Kansas chapter of the MISS Foundation.

Online Resources

Ending a Wanted Pregnancy

A Heartbreaking Choice

1in10blog provides real stories of women who have terminated later in pregnancy.

BabyCenter's TFMR group.

​Facebook Groups: 
TFMR, A Loving Choice

PALS-Pregnancy after a TFMR Loss

Books

The book Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple is not geared specifically towards TFMR parents.  There are no TFMR examples in the book, but the book may still help you work through your grief as a couple.