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January 12, 2016 11:36 AM UTC

Bill on tap to restrict fetal tissue research and give women burial option for fetus

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  • by: Jason Salzman

(They just can’t help themselves – Promoted by Colorado Pols)

In a article at the end of last year, Durango Herald reporter Peter Marcus reported that Colorado Republicans plan to continue introducing anti-abortion legislation during the upcoming legislative session, some of it specifically targeting Planned Parenthood. Marcus reported:

This year, some Republicans are discussing measures to curb Planned Parenthood’s financial resources – though it does not receive direct state funding – while also forcing an investigation. Republicans also want to impose restrictions on fetal-tissue research programs and require abortion providers to counsel women on cremation and burial options.

This legislative effort to “require abotion providers to counsel women on cremation and burial options” got my attention, as it appears to be a new appraoch here–though it’s been tried nationally.

It turns out that Americans United for Life, a national anti-abortion group that provides state legislators with model legislation, has a bill posted on its website with details on what such counseling might look like and whay it would be proposed.

Part of the reason for the bill, as you can read below at number 6, would be to stop fetal-tissue research.

..the purposes of this Act are to:

(1) Ensure that the mother of a deceased unborn infant is given the opportunity to bury or dispose of the bodily remains of her infant with
dignity and respect;
(2) Require institutions where deceased unborn infants are delivered or where unborn infants are aborted to provide a dignified final disposition of the
bodily remains of these infants;
(3) Require fetal death reports for all fetal deaths as defined in this Act;
(4) Ensure that parents of all stillborn infants are offered the opportunity to obtain a [Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth];
(5) Prohibit the sale, transfer, distribution, or other unlawful disposition of an
infant, an unborn infant, or bodily remains resulting from an abortion;
(6) Prohibit the use of bodily remains resulting from an abortion for experimentation; and
(7) Ensure that the bodily remains of an unborn infant resulting from an occurrence other than an abortion are not sold, transferred, or distributed for experimentation without the mother’s informed, written consent.

We don’t know whether Colorado’s bill, if one is introduced, will include all of this, but it appears state Republicans will continue their focus on stopping fetal-tissue research in Colorado.

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5 thoughts on “Bill on tap to restrict fetal tissue research and give women burial option for fetus

  1. R obsession with abortion seems just as non-productive for them these days as did the Udall camapaign's obssesive focus on same for Dems.

    In both cases it helps consolidate the base but winning statewide and in competitive districts isn’t all about the base in a state as purple as ours with as many indies. 

    Outside of highly motivated minorities on both sides, I really don't think this is the top priority (or even close) for the majority of Colorado voters, including the majority Colorado women, and particularly not for the middle of the road persuadables.

    On the R side I think the obsession is really about fund raising. On the Dem side it shows a misunderstanding of how best to secure the women's vote.

    Dems would do better to let Rs do the obssessing, pushing legislation that fails and amendments and such that go down in flames 2 or 3 to 1 demonstrating how out of touch Colorado Rs are with most Colorado citizens, while Dems present themselves and their party as most in tune with ordinary voters' most pressing concerns.

  2. Infants have been born.  Baby has no scientific meaning.  At minimum Dems should push amendments for scientifically accurate language.

    p.s. Much of the language outside of the fetal tissue research is redundant to the current state of miscarriage treatment.

  3. As Daft said, the language is redundant. Women can already get the remains of an abortion or miscarriage, and bury it as they see fit. We don't need special legislation to do that. 

    Somewhere in gentrified Highland, under the condos that replaced my scraped-off old house, a small glob of fetal tissue fertilized an old rose plant. That was more than 20 years ago.

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