Funding Package to Help Women Who Suffer Miscarriages

A midwife checks the condition of a pregnant woman during a routine check-up at Royal North Shore Hospital's Birth Centre June 7, 2006 in Sydney, Australia. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Women who experience miscarriage will receive bereavement support and boosted follow-up care through $9.5 million (US$6.3 million) in new federal government funding.

The support package will also address gaps in data to understand more about miscarriage, Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney announced on May 17.