An Inclusive Litany

6/25/97

After children in Chino, California, found several boxes containing discarded human fetuses while walking along a road, the San Bernardino County coroner's office faced a debate concerning their disposal. A religious group wanted to bury them, while the American Civil Liberties Union preferred their cremation as medical waste—arguing that only human remains can be buried in a cemetery, and by law, these were not human remains.