Nicola Sturgeon on her miscarriage ITV News

Nicola Sturgeon on her miscarriage ITV News

Glen Powell
Glen Powell
2 Video Views·Feb 25, 2026

WARNING: This video contains content that some may find upsetting.

Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the experience of having a miscarriage in 2011.

In an exclusive interview with ITV News, Sturgeon talks about the "sense of guilt" over her pregnancy, and how she imagined life with a child.

She writes about her miscarriage in extraordinary detail in her memoir, Frankly.

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