Disposal Of The Bodies Of Unborn Babies

EDM number 79 in 1991-92, proposed by David Alton on 05/11/1991.

That this House unreservedly condemns the practice of some private clinics of disposing of the bodies of aborted unborn babies by pulping them through a macerator and discharging them into the public sewers and drains; welcomes the undertaking given by the Minister of State for Health that an inquiry will be held; reasserts the view of the Polkinghorne Committee that the human remains of the unborn child should be treated with respect; and calls on the Department of the Environment and the Department of Health to prosecute those responsible for these degrading practices.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs.