Texas to require burial or cremation of aborted fetuses

>“Governor Abbott believes human and fetal remains should not be treated like medical waste, and the proposed rule changes affirms the value and dignity of all life,” Matthews said.

>Abortion-rights groups bristled at the new regulations, which were posted online for public comment July 1. That was four days after the nation’s high court struck down a pair of Texas restrictions that would have reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state to 10, down from more than 40 in 2012.

>“This is a new low for our state’s leaders who are committed to making abortion inaccessible and shaming Texans who have an abortion,” said Heather Busby, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas.

>Texas’ now-dismantled clinic restrictions required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and all abortion facilities to meet hospital-level operating standards.

>Rules surrounding fetal disposal are found in other states, too, including Ohio, where in June, the state agreed to pay Planned Parenthood more than $45,000 in legal bills as part of a dispute of such requirements. Ohio rules required fetuses to be disposed in a “humane” matter but didn’t further define humane. Planned Parenthood accused the state of changing the interpretation and then unfairly targeting the organization.

>>57550
So is abortion morally right or wrong? And what should the law be?

I don't even care much about the abortion debate, but at this point the anti-abortionists are being childish. Texas, a state where you can shoot someone for standing on your lawn, is taking a stance on the dignity of human life? This is purely retaliation meant to fuck with the women getting the abortions. It's not helping anyone, there's no justice being served, nothing is going to be prevented, and it's going to cost people a lot of money. What is the motivation here? It seems totally antagonistic to me.

This is more about fetal tissue being used for stem cell or other research than it is about the sanctity of life.

The Texas State GOP is trying to deny Planned Parenthood yet another source of funding because they believed the edited hitpiece videos from last year where the PP officials were supposedly bragging on hidden camera about how much money PP made off of selling fetal tissue to researchers.

So... women just go for a five hour car ride to one of the neighbouring States and abort it there instead? Personally I'm against the law, because it's just kind of arbitrary and retarded, but hey, it's their state.

Ashes and fetus-mush nutrients will be good for soil

>>57566
>The neighboring states are Bible-Belters too and often have laws against out-of-state abortions. The other central issue is that those most vulnerable are often low-income or otherwise dependent women for whom the multi-hour commute (which btw is necessary even if you are in Texas, because there's so few clinics and Texas is fucking massive) can be an undue burden (be it work hours, no daycare, no car, etc.).