Texas health care providers will have to cremate or bury the remains of aborted fetuses under a new rule taking effect December 19th.Those opposed to abortions see the rule change as a way to offer dignity and respect to the unborn, while abortion rights supporters see it as medically unnecessary, and designed to shame women […]
Current rules treat abortion remains like other human tissue, which can be disposed of in a sanitary landfill. On this edition of Houston Matters, we talk about the legality of the new fetal remains rule and why a judge blocked a similar law in Indiana back in June with Alexa Ura, reporter for The Texas Tribune.