THE CULTURE WARS ARE A ROUT:

In a new effort to regulate abortion providers, Texas health officials are proposing rules that would require abortion providers to cremate or bury fetal remains.

The new rules, proposed by the Health and Human Services Commission, would no longer allow abortion providers to dispose of fetal remains in sanitary landfills, instead allowing only cremation or interment of all remains -- regardless of the period of gestation. Abortion providers currently use third-party special waste disposal services.

"The Health and Human Services Commission developed new rules to ensure Texas law maintains the highest standards of human dignity," said health commission spokesman Bryan Black.

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