A businesswoman has caused outrage after tweeting about her miscarriage during a board meeting.
Penelope Trunk took to Twitter to tell her 20,000 followers she was losing her baby.
The 42-year-old company boss is unashamed at revealing such personal details on the social networking site, telling CNN, "It's no different to me saying what I had for lunch."
Her message read: "I'm in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there's a f*****-up 3-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin."
Opinion has been divided over the divorced mother-of-two's announcement, which Trunk said was a "public service announcement".
Before the miscarriage, Trunk - who has already had two abortions and a miscarriage - had booked an abortion in Chicago because of the waiting list in her home state.
"I have no regrets. I actually thought that having a miscarriage at work was no big shakes," she added to CNN.
"It seems like everyone in the whole world would prefer a miscarriage over an abortion - even the Pope.
"It got people talking about the taboos of miscarriage and unwanted pregnancy."
The unrepentant head of online career advice firm Brazen Careerist said she had no problem in sharing her intimate news.
"I think we each decide when it's personal. 75% of women have miscarriages and they last about three weeks so most women who have miscarriages have them at work."
