Meet a Scientologist—One Mother’s Battle with the Unexpected Consequences of Premature Birth
November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Scientologist Cindy Gainsforth knew nothing about the issue until she had to live with the consequences herself, following the premature birth of her son Orion in 2009.Scientologist Cindy Gainsforth learned about the problems of premature birth the hard way. “It was Saturday, September 5, 2009, at 6:05 p.m.,” she recalls. “When my water broke, I was 35 1/2 weeks along. My hospital bags were not even packed—nothing was prepared.” To make matters worse, the bridge was closed between her home and her hospital on the other side of San Francisco