Pregnancy Loss Research Group
@pregnancylossie.bsky.social
The Clinical Pregnancy Loss Research Team at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) & the Pregnancy Loss Research Group @ UCC. Shares ≠ endorsement
Website: www.ucc.ie/pregnancyloss
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Website: www.ucc.ie/pregnancyloss
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🧰 A quick reference guide to our current suite of #PregnancyLoss information resources - all available on the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Ireland Website: www.pregnancyandinfantloss.ie
👁️🗨️ More are under development & will be published in 2026
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👁️🗨️ More are under development & will be published in 2026
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social
Association between previous perinatal death and subsequent pregnancy outcomes in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Bekalu Kassa, Yvonne Parry, Molla Wassie, Lauren Lines
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Bekalu Kassa, Yvonne Parry, Molla Wassie, Lauren Lines
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Association between previous perinatal death and subsequent pregnancy outcomes in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Perinatal death is a significant public health concern affecting millions of women globally. It is a crucial indicator for evaluating the health statu…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Association between previous perinatal death and subsequent pregnancy outcomes in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Bekalu Kassa, Yvonne Parry, Molla Wassie, Lauren Lines
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Bekalu Kassa, Yvonne Parry, Molla Wassie, Lauren Lines
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Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health After Stillbirth
Karen Gibbins, Joanne Cacciatore, Katherine Gold
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Karen Gibbins, Joanne Cacciatore, Katherine Gold
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Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health After Stillbirth
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December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health After Stillbirth
Karen Gibbins, Joanne Cacciatore, Katherine Gold
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Karen Gibbins, Joanne Cacciatore, Katherine Gold
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‘I Was Terrified’: Services Help Meet Mental Health Needs During Pregnancy After Stillbirth
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‘I Was Terrified’: Services Help Meet Mental Health Needs During Pregnancy After Stillbirth
Stephanie Lee knew she wanted another baby and was consumed by the thought of a second pregnancy. “I was obsessed with getting pregnant again,” she said. “I needed to have another baby.” But her...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
‘I Was Terrified’: Services Help Meet Mental Health Needs During Pregnancy After Stillbirth
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Inherited genetic risk in stillbirth: A shared genomic segments analysis of high-risk pedigrees
Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Michael Madsen, Sarah Lopez, Jessica Page, Nathan Blue, Cecile Avery, Rob Sargent, Zhe Yu, Emily Guinto, Susannah Leisher et al
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Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Michael Madsen, Sarah Lopez, Jessica Page, Nathan Blue, Cecile Avery, Rob Sargent, Zhe Yu, Emily Guinto, Susannah Leisher et al
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Inherited genetic risk in stillbirth: A shared genomic segments analysis of high-risk pedigrees
Stillbirth is a devastating adverse pregnancy outcome affecting 2 million pregnancies worldwide. Although an etiology may be found in some stillbirths…
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December 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Inherited genetic risk in stillbirth: A shared genomic segments analysis of high-risk pedigrees
Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Michael Madsen, Sarah Lopez, Jessica Page, Nathan Blue, Cecile Avery, Rob Sargent, Zhe Yu, Emily Guinto, Susannah Leisher et al
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Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Michael Madsen, Sarah Lopez, Jessica Page, Nathan Blue, Cecile Avery, Rob Sargent, Zhe Yu, Emily Guinto, Susannah Leisher et al
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💜 At our final research group meeting of 2025, we took some time to reflect on the year, the contributions of our members, our wonderful collaborators & collaborations, & why we do what we do
🙏 Thank you all for engaging with us
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie
🙏 Thank you all for engaging with us
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
💜 At our final research group meeting of 2025, we took some time to reflect on the year, the contributions of our members, our wonderful collaborators & collaborations, & why we do what we do
🙏 Thank you all for engaging with us
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie
🙏 Thank you all for engaging with us
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie
Would maternity care be better if men gave birth? | @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social speaking with Andrea Gilligan on Lunchtime Live @newstalkfm.bsky.social earlier today
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Would maternity care be better if men gave birth? | Newstalk
“If men gave birth, maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off. And th...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Would maternity care be better if men gave birth? | @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social speaking with Andrea Gilligan on Lunchtime Live @newstalkfm.bsky.social earlier today
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Guideline No. 464: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss | @sogc.org
Tarek Motan, Heather Cockwell, Jason Elliott, Roland Antaki, Justin White
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Tarek Motan, Heather Cockwell, Jason Elliott, Roland Antaki, Justin White
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Guideline No. 464: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
The object of this guideline is to provide clinicians with the most up to date evidence
available for the evaluation and management of patients with recurrent pregnancy loss.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Guideline No. 464: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss | @sogc.org
Tarek Motan, Heather Cockwell, Jason Elliott, Roland Antaki, Justin White
www.jogc.com/article/S170...
Tarek Motan, Heather Cockwell, Jason Elliott, Roland Antaki, Justin White
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’
Ó Ríordáin’s youngest daughter Róisín was born prematurely a few days ago at 26 weeks’ gestation
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December 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’
When the hospital becomes an option again: a qualitative analysis of women’s and their partners’ experiences with a designated clinic for women who request different care than recommended in the guidelines
Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
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Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
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When the hospital becomes an option again: a qualitative analysis of women’s and their partners’ experiences with a designated clinic for women who request different care than recommended in the guide...
Background Increasingly, women with high-risk pregnancies or previous traumatic birth experiences decline care recommendations or seek alternatives because they feel that current maternity care servic...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
When the hospital becomes an option again: a qualitative analysis of women’s and their partners’ experiences with a designated clinic for women who request different care than recommended in the guidelines
Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
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Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
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📣Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has announced €2M for women's health research. HRB will launch a new call for up to 10 #womenshealth research projects through its Applied Partnership Awards.
🗓️Call opens 16 Jan
📌Budget €200,000 each
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🗓️Call opens 16 Jan
📌Budget €200,000 each
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December 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
📣Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has announced €2M for women's health research. HRB will launch a new call for up to 10 #womenshealth research projects through its Applied Partnership Awards.
🗓️Call opens 16 Jan
📌Budget €200,000 each
ℹ️Read more▶️ bit.ly/45gtr8l
🗓️Call opens 16 Jan
📌Budget €200,000 each
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Senator Nicole Ryan (Chair of Cross Party Oireachtas Group on Pregnancy & Infant Loss) calls for debate on pregnancy loss @oireachtasnews.bsky.social
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Seanad Éireann debate - Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Seanad Éireann debate - Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025
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December 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Senator Nicole Ryan (Chair of Cross Party Oireachtas Group on Pregnancy & Infant Loss) calls for debate on pregnancy loss @oireachtasnews.bsky.social
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Miscarriage as a Feminist Issue: A Conversation Between Cheryl Furjanic and Victoria Browne
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Feminist Futures - Miscarriage as a Feminist Issue
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December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Miscarriage as a Feminist Issue: A Conversation Between Cheryl Furjanic and Victoria Browne
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@miscarriageproject.bsky.social
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“Every miscarriage is a work accident”: Theorising miscarriage through a labour lens
This article explores the potentials of a materialist approach to miscarriage, taking Silvia Federici's provocation that ‘every miscarriage is a work …
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December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Reducing Perinatal Mortality in Victoria, Australia: Early Insights From the Safer Baby Bundle Implementation
Keeth Mayakaduwage, Tanya Farrell, Roshan J. Selvaratnam, Vicki Flenady, Christine Andrews, David Ellwood, et al
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obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Keeth Mayakaduwage, Tanya Farrell, Roshan J. Selvaratnam, Vicki Flenady, Christine Andrews, David Ellwood, et al
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OBGYN
Background The Safer Baby Bundle (SBB) was introduced in Victoria, Australia, to reduce stillbirth and perinatal mortality. Evaluating its impact is critical to informing its national rollout. Aim...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reducing Perinatal Mortality in Victoria, Australia: Early Insights From the Safer Baby Bundle Implementation
Keeth Mayakaduwage, Tanya Farrell, Roshan J. Selvaratnam, Vicki Flenady, Christine Andrews, David Ellwood, et al
@stillbirthcre.bsky.social
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Keeth Mayakaduwage, Tanya Farrell, Roshan J. Selvaratnam, Vicki Flenady, Christine Andrews, David Ellwood, et al
@stillbirthcre.bsky.social
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Experiences and long-term repercussions of perinatal grief in women after perinatal bereavement: a meta-ethnography
Beatriz Volpin Gomes Beato, Giovanna Cristina Machado-Kayzuka, Rhyquelle Rhibna Neris, Elana Payne, Willyane de Andrade Alvarenga, et al
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Beatriz Volpin Gomes Beato, Giovanna Cristina Machado-Kayzuka, Rhyquelle Rhibna Neris, Elana Payne, Willyane de Andrade Alvarenga, et al
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Frontiers | Experiences and long-term repercussions of perinatal grief in women after perinatal bereavement: a meta-ethnography
IntroductionPerinatal bereavement can profoundly disrupt maternal identity and is often accompanied by longer-term emotional suffering. Whilst immediate grie...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Experiences and long-term repercussions of perinatal grief in women after perinatal bereavement: a meta-ethnography
Beatriz Volpin Gomes Beato, Giovanna Cristina Machado-Kayzuka, Rhyquelle Rhibna Neris, Elana Payne, Willyane de Andrade Alvarenga, et al
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Beatriz Volpin Gomes Beato, Giovanna Cristina Machado-Kayzuka, Rhyquelle Rhibna Neris, Elana Payne, Willyane de Andrade Alvarenga, et al
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Community Women's Health Hub models in England: a mixed methods evaluation
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K. Daniel, J. Bousfield, L. Hocking, L. Jackson & B. Taylor
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K. Daniel, J. Bousfield, L. Hocking, L. Jackson & B. Taylor
Community Women's Health Hub models in England: a mixed methods evaluation - BMC Primary Care
Background Women’s sexual and reproductive health care in England is fragmented, with multiple providers, access inequalities, and commissioning barriers. In some areas health leaders, often based in ...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Community Women's Health Hub models in England: a mixed methods evaluation
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K. Daniel, J. Bousfield, L. Hocking, L. Jackson & B. Taylor
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K. Daniel, J. Bousfield, L. Hocking, L. Jackson & B. Taylor
Five reviews into care at Portiuncula in progress, Gloster to tell committee
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Watch live from 09:30 via @oireachtasnews.bsky.social : www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...
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Five reviews into care at Portiuncula in progress
Five reviews into the care of women and infants at Portiuncula University Hospital in Galway are still in progress and due to be completed by next March, it has been confirmed.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Five reviews into care at Portiuncula in progress, Gloster to tell committee
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
Watch live from 09:30 via @oireachtasnews.bsky.social : www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...
@fergalbowers.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social
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Watch live from 09:30 via @oireachtasnews.bsky.social : www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...
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‘Innocence of pregnancy forever taken after a loss’
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#Stillbirth #PregnancyLoss
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#Stillbirth #PregnancyLoss
‘Innocence of pregnancy forever taken after a loss’
A mum talks about her harrowing experience of stillbirth, how she and her partner coped with the trauma, and the subsequent joy of having a healthy baby
www.irishexaminer.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
‘Innocence of pregnancy forever taken after a loss’
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#Stillbirth #PregnancyLoss
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#Stillbirth #PregnancyLoss
A huge thank to Cork City Councillors - Shane O'Callaghan & @horganp.bsky.social - for their local & national advocacy in this area to ensure people who experience pregnancy loss <23 weeks are better supported at work
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social #PLRG_PLACESproject
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Cork City Council to examine early pregnancy loss policy
The motion also called on the council to write to the leaders of all political parties in Dáil Éireann encouraging them to adopt a cross-party ...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A huge thank to Cork City Councillors - Shane O'Callaghan & @horganp.bsky.social - for their local & national advocacy in this area to ensure people who experience pregnancy loss <23 weeks are better supported at work
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social #PLRG_PLACESproject
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social #PLRG_PLACESproject
The Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Spontaneous Abortion: A Systematic Review
Lamya Bavi & Lisa Arai
doi.org/10.1080/2329...
Lamya Bavi & Lisa Arai
doi.org/10.1080/2329...
The Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Spontaneous Abortion: A Systematic Review
This study aims to examine the relationship between Intimate partner violence (IPV) and spontaneous abortion (SA).The databases PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus, CINAHL, and the Cochr...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Spontaneous Abortion: A Systematic Review
Lamya Bavi & Lisa Arai
doi.org/10.1080/2329...
Lamya Bavi & Lisa Arai
doi.org/10.1080/2329...
Minister commends Cork politician for raising issues in relation to pregnancy loss
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Minister commends Cork politician for raising issues in relation to pregnancy loss – United Ireland is about dignity and recognition for all people
“A united Ireland would say loudly and clearly: "Your loss mattered and we see you,” declared Senator Nicole Ryan during a recent debate on the reunification of Ireland in Seanad Éireann.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Minister commends Cork politician for raising issues in relation to pregnancy loss
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Midwifery Continuity of Care in a Subsequent Pregnancy After Perinatal Loss: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Evidence
Kelly Robinson, Clemence Due, Annette Briley, Siobhan Loughnan
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
Kelly Robinson, Clemence Due, Annette Briley, Siobhan Loughnan
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OBGYN
Background
Continuity of care during the perinatal period often leads to better psychosocial wellbeing for parents. Midwifery continuity of care (MCoC) is one such continuity of care model; however,.....
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December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Midwifery Continuity of Care in a Subsequent Pregnancy After Perinatal Loss: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Evidence
Kelly Robinson, Clemence Due, Annette Briley, Siobhan Loughnan
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
Kelly Robinson, Clemence Due, Annette Briley, Siobhan Loughnan
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is coordinating the first James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) dedicated to abortion care in the UK
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Abortion Care Research Priority Setting Partnership
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December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is coordinating the first James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) dedicated to abortion care in the UK
@bpas.bsky.social
www.bpas.org/our-cause/ce...
@bpas.bsky.social
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