Aborted and Miscarried Babies Were Incinerated and Used to Heat U.K. Hospitals

Billy Hallowell theblaze.com Thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated along with medical waste at U.K. hospitals, with some of the remains being used to help heat medical facilities, according to an investigative news program. At least 15,500 babies were burned by health authorities or used to help generate power for at least two facilities, according to the Telegraph.Addenbrooke’s Hospital, for instance, burned 797 babies under 13 weeks gestation at a “waste to energy” furnace, telling the mothers that the bodies had been “cremated,” the outlet reported (the hospital also made headlines in 2006 for admitting to burning deceased babies in a trash incinerator). And Ipswitch Hospital incinerated 1,101 remains brought in from another health care facility during a two-year period from 2011 to 2013; these fetal remains were reportedly also used to generate energy for the facility. to read more: theblaze.com