[...]と言われ、傷つく母親たち - Was the に left out here or is it something else?


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The following sentence: 死産や流産のあと「早く忘れた方がいい」「次の子どもを」と言われ、傷つく母親たち。

My attempt at translation: "After a stillbirth or miscarriage, it is said by
wounded parents 'It's better to quickly forget' or '[think about] the next
baby'".

What irritates me is the lack of the に particle in と言われ 傷つく母親たち. Id expect it
to be と言われ 傷つく母親たちに。

I could also imagine it being translated as "After a miscarriage or
stillbirth, there are wounded parents by whom it is said '...'..."

But I also must admit that Im a bit confused by the conjunctive form 言われ.
There is no second verb which would make it necessary.




The entirety of 死産や流産のあと「早く忘れた方がいい」「次の子どもを」と言われ、傷つく modifies 母親たち。言われ is the
連用形 of 言われる, and connects to 傷つく. (Semantically 言われ、傷つく = 言われて、傷つく)

Therefore the sentence means "mothers who are hurt by others telling them that
they should quickly forget, or hope for another child, after a stillbirth or
miscarriage."

