Ohio Bill Would Require Burial Or Cremation Of Fetal Remains

[muriel_volestrangler]

Koehler is one of the Republican sponsors of a bill that would require women who undergo abortions at clinics or are treated for miscarriages at hospitals sign a form, designating burial or cremation of fetal remains. And the cost of that would be passed on to the facility which could then pass it on to the women being treated. While she personally opposes abortion rights, Representative Barbara Sears says this bill is not politically motivated.
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But Gabriel Mann of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio says this legislation, and the stated need for it, is all politics.

“This law that Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliates have been following has been in effect for 40 years, 3 months and 14 days and nobody had any problems with them following the law until Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine had to announce that Planned Parenthood was following the law. And he got very frustrated by the fact that he had to tell the truth and now they need a new law.”
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“None of this is medically necessary. The only reason that these bills are being introduced is because they want to try to harass abortion providers and harass women that are seeking a safe and legal procedure.”

http://wvxu.org/post/bill-would-require-burial-or-cremation-fetal-remains#stream/0

via Friendly Atheist. Yet another political attempt to increase the cost of an abortion, though they're happy to force it on women who miscarry too. Some of those might want burial or cremation, of course, but some might not.

[malaise]

1. Politics and profit

always follow the money

[eShirl]

2. Would this have any unexpected consequences in the area of fertility treatments?

(thinking of cryogenically-frozen fertilized eggs)

[smirkymonkey]

3. Oh FFS, these people are completely out of control.

This is just sick. Absolutely sick.