Abortion providers told a federal judge yesterday that Texas' attempt to require burial or cremation of foetal remains was "government interference" without public health benefits, while state lawyers countered that clinics want to be allowed to continue disposing of such remains in landfills.
The question of what becomes of tissue left over from abortions and miscarriages is the latest legal battle over abortion in Texas, which saw the US Supreme Court last summer strike down much of its larger abortion restrictions that had been among the nation's toughest.
