I'd be curious about a citation for the "lose half of their babies" statement.
This review of the data & papers has some grim numbers, but nothing remotely that dramatic.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7903104/
From over a decade ago .. its still happening:
https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/2/e004166
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277304922...
But of course, it depends who you ask. American institutions cannot be trusted, obviously.
From over a decade ago .. its still happening:
https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/2/e004166
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277304922...
But of course, it depends who you ask. American institutions cannot be trusted, obviously.