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When pregnancy restrictions prevent participation in a parent's funeral

I'm pregnant with my first child and my father died last week and everyone says I shouldn't participate in his cremation but I can't bear not being there for him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Life and death collide in the same moment, forcing impossible choices between honoring the dead and protecting the unborn.

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