Texas proposes strict new rules for disposal of aborted fetal tissue
By Jon Herskovitz
July 7, 2016
By Jon Herskovitz
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas is proposing new regulations for abortion providers that would require them to dispose of aborted fetal tissue either through burial or cremation, saying the measures are intended to preserve human dignity.
Abortion rights groups contend the regulations could help deter abortions in the socially conservative state. They would force providers to seek disposal through crematoriums or funeral homes, and those business could face a backlash if they are seen as being aligned with abortion providers
The regulations were entered into the July 1 Texas Register and could take effect as early as September. They come after the state was handed a stinging defeat by the U.S. Supreme Court last month when it struck down the state's restrictions on abortion clinics that led many to cease operations.
"The Health and Human Services Commission developed new rules to ensure Texas law maintains the highest standards of human dignity," said Bryan Black, a spokesman for the commission.
The commission will decide whether to adopt the regulations after conducting a 30-day comment period. The regulations eliminate other means of disposal that include grinding and discharging into a sanitary sewer system as well as disinfecting and then disposing in a sanitary landfill.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott said he wants lawmakers, when they meet next year, to make the proposed regulations state law.
"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," his office said in a statement.
The Texas limitations would be far more stringent than regulations in almost every other state, which allow aborted fetal tissue be disposed of in a similar fashion to human tissue, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights group whose data is used by both sides in the debate.
"This approach is relatively new and it can open up new pressure points on abortion providers," said Elizabeth Nash, the senior state issues associate in the Guttmacher Institute's Washington office.
Republican-dominated Indiana and Louisiana enacted similar regulations to take effect this year but the moves have been put on hold by legal challenges, Nash said.
In a 5-3 ruling, the Supreme Court in June struck down Texas abortion restrictions that had been adopted by several other states.
The court said key provisions of the law -- requiring abortion doctors to have difficult-to-obtain "admitting privileges" at a local hospital and requiring clinics to have costly hospital-grade facilities -- violated a woman's right to an abortion.
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So currently the remains are usually treated like the other organic material from other surgeries, and are disposed of as 'medical organic materials'. They are disposed of by a company that handles and destroys biological remains in a sanitary method, usually an incinerator.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
You can use those other terms to help ease your conscious but I refuse to sugar coat it.
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And the murderous monster needs to be responsible for the cost.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
I'm not easing my conscience, a fetus is not a baby. A fetus has the possibility of becoming a baby but is not yet viable. Anyways, we all know this is just another attempt by Texas to make it more difficult and more expensive and less convenient to have a legal procedure called abortion.
I'm not easing my conscience, a fetus is not a baby. A fetus has the possibility of becoming a baby but is not yet viable. Anyways, we all know this is just another attempt by Texas to make it more difficult and more expensive and less convenient to have a legal procedure called abortion.
Its a pretty messed up world.
A fetus has the possibility of becoming a baby but is not yet viable.
I'm not easing my conscience, a fetus is not a baby. A fetus has the possibility of becoming a baby but is not yet viable. Anyways, we all know this is just another attempt by Texas to make it more difficult and more expensive and less convenient to have a legal procedure called abortion.
Its a pretty messed up world.
I hope it becomes illegal again.
Punishable by death.
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Didn't the attempts to pass bills to make abortion more difficult just get thrown out in Texas?
If so I guess they're just at going to keep trying through the back door, the windo, Etc...
Regardless of what your stance on the issue is. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
I don't see Roe vs Wade being overturned any time soon .
Didn't the attempts to pass bills to make abortion more difficult just get thrown out in Texas? If so I guess they're just at going to keep trying through the back door, the windo, Etc... Regardless of what your stance on the issue is. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I don't see Roe vs Wade being overturned any time soon .
Yes, but bless their hearts, they (Texas) just keep trying to make a legal procedure difficult and expensive.
And I know people who ARE Christians who are pro choice. Big whoop.
Yes. Because Pro Choice DOES NOT equal Pro Abortion.
I agree, I suppose it is too difficult for some to understand the difference.
Pro choice includes abortion.
That's death.
Pro choice should include :
1. Keep and raise the baby.
2. Have the baby and give it up for adoption.
3. Properly use birth control and don't get pregnant in the first place.
That is choice.
Abortion is murder.
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Pro choice means what is says, literally. Pro Choice, a woman has the right to make the choice over her own body and that which is contained in it.
A fundamental misunderstanding of the abortion issue lies in the way people often refer to anti-choice and pro-choice as "two sides." In fact, the anti-choice are in favour of forced motherhood, and the opposite of that is forced abortion. We (Pro choice) oppose both of these extremist positions.
Pro-choice occupies the broad middle ground on the abortion issue. A large majority of North Americans believe abortion should be decided privately between a woman and her doctor. Pro-choice people include those who are personally against abortion or feel uncomfortable with it, but who would not impose their viewpoint by law onto all women. Pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
It easy to say abortion kills babies, its easy to say save the babies. What is not easy nor taken lightly is that you simply cannot stop women from doing this. Women have been taking care of unwanted pregnancies in many ways since time began.
Stop taking the easy way out Lily. The fact of the matter is when it comes down to it you can't stop it. BUT... thankfully the abortion rate has been on the decline for the last 10 years. That is a good thing.
It easy to say abortion kills babies, its easy to say save the babies. What is not easy nor taken lightly is that you simply cannot stop women from doing this. Women have been taking care of unwanted pregnancies in many ways since time began.
Stop taking the easy way out Lily. The fact of the matter is when it comes down to it you can't stop it. BUT... thankfully the abortion rate has been on the decline for the last 10 years. That is a good thing.
But I don't have to throw my hands up and say "oh well".
It is a monstrous thing to do, to kill your unborn child.
And I would like to see it become illegal and punishable by death.
Yes. I will support ANY effort to make abortion harder and more expensive to obtain.
You want to shout "women's rights" then start by enforcing personal responsibility.
Billions of people manage to not get pregnant until they want to.
These women who just can't be bothered to exercise self control or personal responsibility and then want the easy way out are monsters.
And should be treated as such.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
How is the air up there?
Yes, I realize YOUR back story. Good for you (and I mean that sincerely).
Nobody said you should throw your hands up and say "oh well".
Just try having a logical approach to a complicated issue.
You are saying to just accept it.
I will never just accept it.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
Exactly.
But I even have trouble with rape and incest.
Of course the situations are different.
I have more sympathy for those very rare situations.
But those who simple use abortion as a way to get out of the situation the helped to create, I have none.
Don't want to be a parent? Don't have sex. Properly use birth control.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
How is the air up there?
Yes, I realize YOUR back story. Good for you (and I mean that sincerely).
flan
My air is just fine. How's the air up where you are? Being against abortion as birth control is not a snooty position so I'm going to assume you weren't attempting a dig at me.
I know you're fine with abortion, Flan. I'm not except for extenuating circumstances. Lack of personal responsibility is not an extenuating circumstance.
My back story has nothing to do with my feelings on this subject. I thought I couldn't get pregnant due to certain life events and I was wrong. DH thought he was sterile and he was wrong. Aborting DS never came to mind. I don't care that you brought up my back story but considering you don't like it when someone brings up your IRL stuff, you should show others the same respect.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
Exactly.
But I even have trouble with rape and incest.
Of course the situations are different.
I have more sympathy for those very rare situations.
But those who simple use abortion as a way to get out of the situation the helped to create, I have none.
Don't want to be a parent? Don't have sex. Properly use birth control.
I have trouble with rape and incest too but I can't, in good conscience, force a woman to keep a baby that she did not have a say in creating. Never mind that a lot of states allow for the rapist to get visitation rights. Some states allow the rapist to sue for custody. I refuse to force a woman to have to allow her rapist in her life.
Birth control can fail, which is why I said double/triple up on it. I do have sympathy for those who used their BC correctly and it failed. My conscience won't allow me to say abortion is ok though since it's well-known that BC has a failure rate.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
How is the air up there?
Yes, I realize YOUR back story. Good for you (and I mean that sincerely).
flan
My air is just fine. How's the air up where you are? Being against abortion as birth control is not a snooty position so I'm going to assume you weren't attempting a dig at me.
I know you're fine with abortion, Flan. I'm not except for extenuating circumstances. Lack of personal responsibility is not an extenuating circumstance.
My back story has nothing to do with my feelings on this subject. I thought I couldn't get pregnant due to certain life events and I was wrong. DH thought he was sterile and he was wrong. Aborting DS never came to mind. I don't care that you brought up my back story but considering you don't like it when someone brings up your IRL stuff, you should show others the same respect.
I've been posting with you for years & never knew this. What crazy odds that neither of you thought you could & then did! Since you are obviously head over heels in love with DS I'd say it is wonderful that you beat the odds!!!
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
How is the air up there?
Yes, I realize YOUR back story. Good for you (and I mean that sincerely).
flan
My air is just fine. How's the air up where you are? Being against abortion as birth control is not a snooty position so I'm going to assume you weren't attempting a dig at me.
I know you're fine with abortion, Flan. I'm not except for extenuating circumstances. Lack of personal responsibility is not an extenuating circumstance.
My back story has nothing to do with my feelings on this subject. I thought I couldn't get pregnant due to certain life events and I was wrong. DH thought he was sterile and he was wrong. Aborting DS never came to mind. I don't care that you brought up my back story but considering you don't like it when someone brings up your IRL stuff, you should show others the same respect.
I've been posting with you for years & never knew this. What crazy odds that neither of you thought you could & then did! Since you are obviously head over heels in love with DS I'd say it is wonderful that you beat the odds!!!
I do love that little bugger! I can do without the terrible twos though. He's really taken that phase to heart.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.
How is the air up there?
Yes, I realize YOUR back story. Good for you (and I mean that sincerely).
flan
My air is just fine. How's the air up where you are? Being against abortion as birth control is not a snooty position so I'm going to assume you weren't attempting a dig at me.
I know you're fine with abortion, Flan. I'm not except for extenuating circumstances. Lack of personal responsibility is not an extenuating circumstance.
My back story has nothing to do with my feelings on this subject. I thought I couldn't get pregnant due to certain life events and I was wrong. DH thought he was sterile and he was wrong. Aborting DS never came to mind. I don't care that you brought up my back story but considering you don't like it when someone brings up your IRL stuff, you should show others the same respect.
You are so deep in denial that it's pointless for me to attempt to interact with you.
Don't want to get pregnant? Don't have sex or get yourself sterilized. Double/triple up on birth control. Don't have one night stands. Rape/incest are, of course, exceptions.
Killing your child because you made a poor decision is heinous.