State lawmakers in Pennsylvania have put forth a bill in the legislature that would require medical providers to either bury or cremate the remains of fetuses that have been miscarried or aborted, per a report Saturday from The Hill.
The legislation – House Bill 1890 – has been named the Final Disposition of Fetal Remains Act and sets out to place the burden of cremating or burying the remains of said fetuses on medical providers should they not be claimed by the parents, per The Hill. The act, which was proposed primarily Republican legislators, is now being considered by the state Senate after it last week passed in the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives.
While proponents of the bill claim that its passage would provide the family of the deceased fetus with “closure,” opponents in the state and nationwide – mainly Democrats – have claimed that the legislation is part of pattern of imposing restrictions on abortion providers.
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