Pro-choice or not, is it too much to expect that the remains of unborn, aborted babies should be handled with dignity and respect?

Apparently so, according to at least one abortion provider, who suggested that fetal remains be sent home in a “gift bag.”

Breitbart covered the story, and it’s one that many readers may find highly disturbing.

A group of young pro-lifers – Students for Life of America – have created a video containing footage from a recent National Abortion Federation (NAF) convention, that was secretly filmed by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). The CMP is the same pro-life activist group that released several controversial videos last year featuring undercover footage of Planned Parenthood officials and employees.

In the video, (view it here), Michigan abortion provider Renee Chelian talks about the disposal of aborted fetuses:

“We thought we’ll give it [the fetal remains] to everybody in a gift bag; they can take it home, figure out what to do with it. It’s their pregnancy – why is this our problem? And I’m saying that in all seriousness.

“Nobody wants to talk about dead bodies – nobody but me. There was a point when Stericycle fired us that I had five months worth of fetal tissue in my freezers and we were renting freezers to put them in. So, all I thought about, I was so consumed with fetal tissue, I was ready to drive to upper Michigan and have a bonfire. And, I was just trying to figure out, you know, how I wouldn’t get stopped or how far in the woods would I have to go to have this fire that nobody was going to see me.

“And the garbage disposal was an option. I mean, there was a point that I actually hired someone from another clinic to come in and take 20 bottles and put it into my garbage disposal.”

Chelian continues her shocking monologue, referring to pro-lifers as “antis” and describing the “secret” disposal of fetal remains:

“When we sent to another state, it became the whole issue of: Do we tell FedEx what they’re picking up? How long will it take for the antis to figure it out? … Everything is a secret, so it’s really scary.”

The abortion industry is under increasing scrutiny regarding the issue of fetal remains and their disposal. “Whatever your laws are in your state,” Chelian admits, “if the antis know, this could shut us down.”

Meanwhile, a bill has been introduced in the Ohio state legislation that would require women who received an abortion or suffered a miscarriage to choose whether they want their babies to be buried or cremated.

From Breitbart:

“During an investigation into Planned Parenthood clinics in his state, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine found the clinics’ contract with medical waste companies that dump aborted babies into landfills.

“Also, in South Carolina, an abortion clinic in Charleston and Texas-based waste management company MedSharps were fined a total of nearly $8,000 for improper disposal of fetal remains.”

It should be noted that the majority of Americans believe that abortion should be illegal in “all or most cases.”

And the issue goes beyond politics, according to Ohio Republican State Rep. Barbara Sears, who said:

“The idea of respectfully treating the remains of an infant who has been aborted, I think is critical … And I don’t think that it matters whether you are Republican or Democrat or Independent or oblivious to politics all together.”

Maybe that’s what bothers people the most about these videos of Planned Parenthood officials and abortion providers discussing their methods and opinions. It’s the shocking callousness and basic disregard for human life that many of us find so distressing.

Personally, I support a woman’s right to choose. But can’t we do it in a manner that shows some basic dignity and respect for both the mother and the unborn child?

Sources:

Breitbart.com

Breitbart.com