UK Hospitals Incinerate Aborted, Miscarried Babies for Heat

‘We found some hospitals run off the energy from incinerating foetal remains ... That’s not good practise, is it?’

Aborted Babies Incinerated to Heat UK Hospitals (The Guardian)

The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical waste, with some even used to heat hospitals, an investigation has found.

Ten NHS trusts have admitted burning foetal remains alongside other rubbish while two others used the bodies in ‘waste-to-energy’ plants which generate power for heat.

Last night the Department of Health issued an instant ban on the practice which health minister Dr Dan Poulter branded ‘totally unacceptable.’

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