ABSTRACT
This chapter explores financial losses that are frequently hidden or silenced when people experience reproductive loss because of the primacy placed on the child. It examines the layered—and often hidden—experiences of economic precarity in the context of reproductive loss. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people who had experienced reproductive loss, many felt that they had lost their hopes and dreams of having children. For over half of the participants, this was complicated by economic constraints. And for some, it precipitated the loss of relationships. For most who experienced miscarriages or stillbirth, pregnancy loss meant pressure to invest in more technological interventions. The economic impacts of both adoption and Assisted Reproductive Terminology also influenced other major decisions for some participants. For LGBTQ people with limited financial means, many emphasize that this could mean the difference between bringing a child into their family or not.
