Posted on 09/06/2019 9:32:39 AM PDT by Morgana
NEW ORLEANS -- Texas attorneys asked a federal appeals court Thursday to revive the state's requirement that fetal remains from abortions and miscarriages at health care facilities be buried or cremated.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans gave no indication when it would rule after the arguments. One panel member raised the possibility that a decision could be delayed until after the Supreme Court rules in a pending Louisiana abortion regulation case. No date for consideration has been set in that case.
The law, blocked last year by U.S. District Judge David Ezra, requires that fetal-tissue remains from abortions, miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies at health care facilities, including abortion clinics, be buried or cremated. It requires that ashes from cremation of such remains be scattered "in any manner as authorized by law" or buried. It says they cannot be placed in a landfill.
Lawyers for the state, in defending the law, say abortion rights attorneys challenging the law on behalf of clinics failed to prove those facilities would be unable to comply with the law. And they said Texas has a legitimate legal interest in "respecting the dignity of unborn life."
"Treating embryos and fetuses as medical waste ... is the literal definition of devaluing them," Beth Klusmann, an assistant solicitor general with the Texas attorney general's office, told the panel, arguing that Ezra's ruling should be overturned.
Ezra also found that the law imposes a burden on women seeking abortions because it "increases the grief, stigma, shame, and distress of women experiencing an abortion, whether induced or spontaneous."
(Excerpt) Read more at nwaonline.com ...
This does not further the ultimate goal of overturning Roe v Wade. While I applaud the good intention of granting dignity to the deceased, these babies are murder victims.
IMO their mutilated remains tossed into garbage cans need to be seen by public juries.
Burial & cremation hides the awful truth and only serves to protect the nazis who murdered them.
It does several things.
Makes the clinic acknowledge and treat the corpse as human.
Keeps them from selling body parts and making more money.
Keeps the bodies from being sent to universities and other places for medical testing
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.