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I may not have explained myself well. The point I was trying to make is that a miscarriage is not a planned event. When it happens, it really doesn't matter to anyone what the response is - whether there is a funeral or not etc. There is no change to the outcome regardless.Strange way of putting it.
Of course it is, but if an aborted foetus of e.g. 12 weeks is a 'life' or even a 'baby' (as many would argue) I don't see how a miscarriage of 12 weeks should be regarded any differently - but it certainly seems to be.
The funeral was just an example but indicative of the difference in attitude between miscarriages and stillbirths. TBH, whether or not there are much physical remains to be buried shouldn't have anything to do with it IMO.
An abortion is quite different. It is a planned event, and the outcome is terminal for the baby/foetus involved.