The service comes five months after relatives sorting through Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s belongings after his Sept. 3 death came across 2,246 sets of preserved fetal remains stacked floor to ceiling in his garage. Indiana is one of just a few states with a law mandating burial or cremation of fetal remains after abortions. Previously, during Klopfer’s career, clinics could turn over fetal remains to processors that dispose of human tissue or other medical material by incineration. Authorities have said the fetal remains in Klopfer’s garage were from abortions in the 2000s. Around 16,500 fetuses were buried at a Los Angeles cemetery after their discovery in the 1980s in a cargo container repossessed from the home of a former operator of a medical laboratory.

Source: thestar February 11, 2020 22:18 UTC