Heartless Trolls Attack Meghan Markle After She Reveals Miscarriage Earlier This Year

November 25, 2020, 8:16 am*

Meghan Markle is opening up about a miscarriage she suffered earlier this summer, writing about the traumatic event for The New York Times in an opinion piece published Wednesday. 

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The Duchess of Sussex shared in descriptive prose how she realized she was losing her second child with Prince Harry.

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“After changing [her son’s] diaper, I felt a sharp cramp,” she wrote. “I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right. I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.”

Though the piece reveals the tragedy that Meghan and her family faced back in July, it is ultimately an essay focused more on how united the whole world is in grief, particularly with the specific challenges 2020 has brought, and how people still often struggle with talking about their pain openly.

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“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few,” she pointed out. “Yet despite the staggering commonality of this pain, the conversation remains taboo, riddled with (unwarranted) shame, and perpetuating a cycle of solitary mourning.”

Meghan ended by urging people to ask others “Are you OK?” because “the truth is that we are more connected than ever because of all we have individually and collectively endured this year.”

Only cold-hearted and calloused people would take this deeply personal essay to be anything less than an empathetic attempt to share her own pain in the hopes of giving others permission to voice their own, and unite people in these difficult times.

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But the unwarranted disdain for the Duchess continues even as she and Prince Harry are clearly still in mourning, and the trolls came out in full force with cruel criticisms almost immediately.

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As we all know going through a miscarriage is physically and emotionally painful. To those people being so unkind about Megan Markle, have a serious look at yourself. You are disgusting. Included in this are just a few of the tweets I saw slamming Megan. #MeghanMarkle pic.twitter.com/U5PR7EPh0J

— Laura Brown (@Laurafrbrown) November 25, 2020

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If this is your reaction to Meghan Markle writing about the loss of her baby, take a long, hard look at yourself. Maybe, just maybe, she’s written that essay to bring comfort to others and to break the silence on miscarriage. pic.twitter.com/VARYtJfcfL

— Snigdha (@snigskitchen) November 25, 2020

As evidenced by the tweets compiling these cynical takes on Meghan’s openness, there are plenty of people willing to push back against anyone so bold as to publicly attack her for talking about a miscarriage, but the fact that this is at all necessary is a blunt condemnation of our society.

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if i see one more “she wanted a private life why is meghan markle talking about a private matter in essays?? huh??”

1) miscarriage is not a private secret, that stigma is damaging, harmful, and antiquated
2) the awareness she is raising is vital
3) you’re probably just racist

— geebz (@GeorgieBroad) November 25, 2020

you know for a fact that if Kate Middleton announced she had a miscarriage she would be flooded with love. Somehow Meghan Markle is still receiving hate… for having a miscarriage… wtf is wrong with some people https://t.co/txXLNDx6RY

— 𝕝𝕛𝕨𝕣 • Lewis (@ljwr_) November 25, 2020

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That Meghan Markle could write about her miscarriage knowing that it would add fuel to the fire of the demons who want her demise, makes her even more of a queen.

— Monisha Rajesh (@monisha_rajesh) November 25, 2020

To people saying: ‘why is Meghan Markle sharing her story if she doesn’t want negative media attention?’ It is very simple: there is a difference between sharing your own pain, and having others cause it. You have a right to your own truth. And a right to tell it.

— Matt Haig (@matthaig1) November 25, 2020

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But despite the gaggle of trolls off being miserable in their little corner of the internet, Meghan’s essay is still resonating with people, and will very likely do some good in this world.

When I had a miscarriage, I remember scouring the internet for articles by women who had been through the same thing. Because reading that you’re not alone is helpful and it’s comforting. So thank you to Meghan Markle for writing about something so difficult

— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) November 25, 2020

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Having recently endured a miscarriage myself, Meghan Markle’s piece is heartbreaking to read. However, the subsequent spiteful, ignorant, venomous comments people have taken time out of their day to write have hurt my heart more.
What a world.

— Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) November 25, 2020

And here we go – horrible comments about #MeghanMarkle talking about her miscarriage. She’s doing it to try to help others. Something is so wrong with us as a society when a woman is attacked for writing honestly about baby loss.

— Prof Kate Williams (@KateWilliamsme) November 25, 2020

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And at least one Twitter user pointed out something that few of these trolls clearly bother to consider:

Meghan Markle won’t see the all of the nasty shit you write about her but your friends who have experienced miscarriages and the loss of a baby will.

— Paisley Thomson (@PaisleyThomson) November 25, 2020

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*First Published: November 25, 2020, 8:12 am