PAX EMER LEADS TO DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE ARPT FOR EMER LNDG.

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26 YR OLD FEMALE PAX INFORMED FLT ATTENDANTS THAT SHE HAD MISCARRIED A 5 WK PREGNANCY IN THE ACFT LAVATORY BUT WAS FEELING PHYSICALLY OK WITH JUST 'A LITTLE SPOTTING' AND DESIRED TO CONTINUE FLT TO ONT IN ORDER TO BE EXAMINED BY HER DOCTOR. FURTHER DISCUSSION REVEALED THAT THE PAX HAD INFORMED THE GATE AGENT THAT SHE HAD BEGUN SPOTTING EARLIER IN THE DAY; HAD SEEN A DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED AN ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; AND HAD TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS OK TO FLY BUT WOULD PROBABLY MISCARRY THE FETUS. THE GATE AGENT FAILED TO INFORM ANY CREW MEMBER OF THIS INFO. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH ATC ONCE THE INFO WAS RELAYED TO THE FLC AND AN UNEVENTFUL; EXPEDITIOUS LNDG ACCOMPLISHED AT SLC. PARAMEDICS MET THE ACFT AT THE GATE AND THE PAX WAS LEFT AT SLC IN THEIR CARE. MY DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THE PAX REVEALED THAT SHE HAD 'GUSHED' BLOOD AND TISSUE VERY HEAVILY WHILE IN THE LAVATORY AND HAD; IN THE INTERVENING 30 MINS; SATURATED 2 PADS. WITH THAT INFO; EMER PROCS WERE USED. PARAMEDICS ADVISED PAX AND MYSELF OF DANGER OF 'BLEEDING OUT' (I.E.; DYING) WITH ANY MISCARRIAGE; PAX WAS REMOVED AND TRANSPORTED TO SLC HOSPITAL.