The law allows women who have abortions to choose burial or cremation for their aborted children. If they do not choose, abortion businesses must make the decision. Abortion businesses that do not bury or cremate aborted children can face a first-degree misdemeanor charge punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
The ACLU is suing on behalf of five Ohio abortion businesses. In their argument, they attempt to dehumanize unborn children and claim that compliance with this law will be too costly for abortion businesses.
“The law and the implementing rules are extremely burdensome and expensive to comply with – impossible in many regards – and vague and unclear as to how to comply,” ACLU of Ohio Legal Director Freda Levenson told WCPN. “It’s very, very costly to provide cremation or burial for a small collection of cells. This law applies even to a blastocyte or to a small number of cells or to an embryo.”
In an interview for the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Right to Life President Mike Gonidakis strongly advocated in favor of the law, and he slammed opponents for their lack of respect for the innocent human beings killed in abortions.
“SB 27 simply dignifies the life of a child who died because of an abortion and provides a proper burial for that child. The ACLU will do everything in its power to sterilize abortion and attempt to hide the fact that a successful abortion leads to the death of an innocent child. Planned Parenthood would rather have all aborted babies carted off to landfills in metal containers. The inhumanity of the ACLU and Planned Parenthood knows no boundaries. Ohio Right to Life is confident that this compassionate law will withstand court scrutiny.”
