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In a powerful essay, Meghan McCain shared her 'distressingly common' experience of having a miscarriage

Meghan McCain attends 11th Annual IAVA Heroes Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on November 9, 2017 in New York CityJohn Lamparski/Getty Images.

  • In an essay for the New York Times, Meghan McCain said she recently had a miscarriage.
  • She said she learned of her miscarriage during a photoshoot promoting "The View."
  • "I missed a few days of work. It wasn't many, but given the job I have, it was enough to spark gossip about why I would be away from 'The View.' This was not supposed to be public knowledge," she wrote. "I have had my share of public grief and public joy."
  • Now, McCain said she is speaking out because a "miscarriage carries so much cultural taboo" even though it's "distressingly common."
  • Also in her essay, she discussed anticipating motherhood and mourning her child as well as her father, John McCain.
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In an essay published in the New York Times, Meghan McCain said she recently had a miscarriage. She said learned of it "a few weeks ago," while on the set of a magazine photoshoot highlighting the cast of "The View."

"I look back at those pictures now, and I see a woman hiding her shock and sorrow. I am posed for the camera, looking stern and strong, representing my fellow conservative women across the country," she wrote. "But inside, I am dying. Inside, my baby is dying."

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