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Related: About this forum#TrumpPence signed a law this year that mandated funerals for fetuses
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a law this year that mandated funerals for fetuses
Its no secret that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trumps reported pick for the Republican vice presidential nomination, opposes abortion rights. But this year he signed an anti-abortion bill that even some pro-life Republicans thought was too extreme, and which was blocked from going into effect late last month by a federal judge because it violated womens right to choose.
The law did something truly bizarre. It would have basically forced women to seek funerary services for a fetus whether shed had an abortion or a miscarriage, and no matter how far along the pregnancy was. The law Pence backed would have required all fetal tissue to be cremated or buried, an unprecedented measure in state law. The law also banned abortion if the fetus had a "disability" like Down syndrome, which would have also denied women the right to end a pregnancy in the event of more serious fetal anomalies.
The wording of the burial provision meant that technically, even if a woman had a miscarriage at eight weeks of pregnancy at home, she would have to keep the blood and tissue, take it to a hospital, and have it buried or cremated by a funeral home. ...............
Its no secret that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trumps reported pick for the Republican vice presidential nomination, opposes abortion rights. But this year he signed an anti-abortion bill that even some pro-life Republicans thought was too extreme, and which was blocked from going into effect late last month by a federal judge because it violated womens right to choose.
The law did something truly bizarre. It would have basically forced women to seek funerary services for a fetus whether shed had an abortion or a miscarriage, and no matter how far along the pregnancy was. The law Pence backed would have required all fetal tissue to be cremated or buried, an unprecedented measure in state law. The law also banned abortion if the fetus had a "disability" like Down syndrome, which would have also denied women the right to end a pregnancy in the event of more serious fetal anomalies.
The wording of the burial provision meant that technically, even if a woman had a miscarriage at eight weeks of pregnancy at home, she would have to keep the blood and tissue, take it to a hospital, and have it buried or cremated by a funeral home. ...............
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#TrumpPence signed a law this year that mandated funerals for fetuses (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Jul 2016
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marybourg
(12,631 posts)1. Next year they'll pass a law
requiring cameras in all bathrooms where women of childbearing age live. (sarcasm)
But, disgusting as this aborted law is, it's still not accurate to call the required disposal a "funeral". I resent being manipulated. By anybody.
uponit7771
(90,344 posts)2. +1
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)3. Do poor folks have mandated funerals?
They can cost thousands of dollars. Does the state pay? If not, are fetuses more people than poor people?