Wow. Ya think?
British-style understatement.
Of course, if it didn't upset the flow of waste, some court in the US would probably decide the practice was a logical extension of the 'constitutional right' (cough! cough! wheeze!) to late-term abortions (which it is--thus providing a reductio ad absurdum of 'pro-choice' 'jurisprudence'.)
They have sewer system?