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Eugene

(62,626 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:52 PM Jan 2017

Federal judge again blocks Texas fetal remains rules

Source: Associated Press

Federal judge again blocks Texas fetal remains rules

By WILL WEISSERT
Jan. 27, 2017 6:35 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge late Friday again blocked Texas rules mandating burial or cremation of fetal remains, in a victory for abortion rights groups.

Austin-based U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks said that the health department regulations would remain suspended until further notice and that a trial date would be set in coming weeks.

Sparks had previously suggested in court that the proposed rules had public health benefit. Opponents argue they could unduly shame and burden women seeking abortions.

The rules seek to ban hospitals and clinics from disposing of fetal remains from abortions or miscarriages as biological medical waste, usually meaning they are incinerated and placed in sanitary landfills.

They were set to take effect in December, but Sparks issued restraining orders after national advocacy groups sued. He then heard two days of testimony before eventually issuing Friday's injunction. Federal courts previously blocked similar measures in Louisiana and Indiana.

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Federal judge again blocks Texas fetal remains rules (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2017 OP
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy at 5 or 6 weeks HockeyMom Jan 2017 #1
OMG. That is horrific. SunSeeker Jan 2017 #2
 

HockeyMom

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1. I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy at 5 or 6 weeks
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:11 PM
Jan 2017

Massive internal bleeding. The hospital was supposed to save all that and search for a less an an inch embryo to BURY it? Bury it in what? A glass test tube? What would have been the charges for the Lab to find it?

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