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Ohio Bill Would Force Women to Specify Burial or Cremation for Fetal Tissue

HeadlineDec 22, 2015

And in Ohio, Republican lawmakers have announced plans to introduce legislation requiring women who have miscarriages or abortions to specify burial or cremation arrangements for their fetal or embryonic tissue. Indiana and Arkansas have recently passed similar requirements. The move comes after Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine spent months investigating Planned Parenthood following heavily edited, anti-choice videos surrounding Planned Parenthood’s donation of fetal tissue to medical researchers. As in multiple other investigations, Ohio turned up nothing.

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