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A Delaware city that is considering passing an ordinance that would require the burial or cremation of the remains of preborn children has put the ordinance on hold after the Delaware Attorney General said that he needed to look into its legality and the ACLU threatened litigation.<\/p>\n

The City Council of Seaford, Delaware, was poised to vote on the ordinance<\/a> stating that pregnant women seeking an abortion would be allowed to determine whether their child’s remains would be cremated or buried. Per the ordinance, women could also waive the right to make that choice. The ordinance’s purpose is to provide “a mechanism for the dignified disposal of any such fetal remains following an abortion in Seaford.” According to Delaware Public Media<\/a>, the City Council’s attempt to pass the ordinance coincides with the opening of a new Planned Parenthood facility that plans to commit abortions in the city.<\/p>\n

The intended ordinance met with swift backlash from abortion proponents. The state’s Attorney General’s office sent a letter<\/a> to city council members asking them to delay their vote until it could determine whether or not the ordinance was legal.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Post-abortive mother shares a unique perspective on fetal remains law with Ohio lawmakers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mike Brickner, executive director of the ACLU of Delaware, blasted the ordinance on the premise that it would make abortions harder to obtain. \u201cIt makes it more complex for the patient, and then it also potentially passes a cost onto the clinic or the patient,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so it makes it a more difficult process and it could unduly burden a person\u2019s right to get an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, those in favor of the ordinance say it has nothing to do about limiting abortion but is rather meant to treat the remains of aborted children with respect.\u00a0\u201cOur community was exceptionally supportive of pursuing handling aborted fetal remains in a dignified manner,\u201d said Mayor\u00a0David Genshaw, who says he’s had a lot of positive feedback from the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat it doesn\u2019t do is take away any pregnant person\u2019s right to an abortion. What it does do is give people options after the abortion for what they want to do with the body of their fetus,\u201d citizen\u00a0Jordan Warfel told WMDT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A Delaware city that is considering passing an ordinance that would require the burial or cremation of the remains of preborn children has put the ordinance on hold after the Delaware Attorney General said that he needed to look into its legality and the ACLU threatened litigation. 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