Belgian MP Breaks Silence on Repeated Miscarriages, Demands Reform

The elected official and her husband Sammy Mahdi, both political figures of the CD&V party, went through a grueling year. Pregnant at her wedding last October, Nawal Farih learned of her baby’s cardiac arrest at eight weeks. A new pregnancy, which occurred in January, also ended in a loss in March while she was in Parliament. The 38-year-old MP is now among the 3% of women suffering from repeated miscarriages.

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Beyond the intimate tragedy, the parliamentarian denounces the violence of the medical procedure. During her first loss, she was prescribed an abortion pill. Having to expel the fetus at home, in complete solitude, was described by the MP as a moment of "extreme violence". During her second loss, the patient had to wait a week and a half before obtaining a curettage, forcing her to carry a lifeless fetus for long days of psychological agony.

Facing 7sur7, the group leader testifies alone. Her husband, deeply affected and consumed by helplessness, did not find the strength to speak. She reports that institutional coldness continued when she requested medical examinations to understand these tragedies. The hospital bluntly refused, arguing that analyses are only initiated after the third miscarriage.

Armed with this painful personal experience, the MP of Moroccan origin accelerates her political fight. She recalls that official figures, which mention one in four women affected by this tragedy, are largely underestimated. Cardiac arrests occurring before the 22nd week of gestation are not subject to any centralized registration.

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To fill this statistical gap and improve maternal care, Nawal Farih is actively preparing a "birth plan". This reform aims to generalize early clinical registration, following the Danish model, in order to provide genuine human support to thousands of families forced to suffer in silence.