The mission of the parent-led National Stillbirth Society is to "educate, agitate and legislate" for greater stillbirth awareness, research and reform. Ours is an "activist" organization, fighting to overcome the inertia of traditional practices and to challenge those medical care providers who routinely accept stillbirth as an unfortunate but unavoidable outcome of pregnancy in a small percentage of cases.

Every year 30,000 American women experience pregnancy and the pain of childbirth only to end up with a dead baby. More than half of these mothers will never learn why their babies died because their doctors don't know and autopsies don't show. How is it possible for a mother's womb - that gave her baby life and nourishment - to somehow become her baby's tomb? Without answers, there can be no prevention.

While some stillbirths may be unavoidable, babies who evidence no medical cause of death should not be dying. Ultimately we hope to reduce the incidence of stillbirth from all causes. At present it is the unexplained stillbirths that present the best chance we have to achieve immediate and significant reductions in stillbirth fatalities.

With the help of mothers, fathers, friends and families, we can change the course of stillbirth in America and we must, because if we don't, who will?

WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN REDUCE STILLBIRTHS
FROM ALL CAUSES BY 50% OR MORE WITHIN 5 YEARS

View our Society Goals for Stillbirth