Showing posts with label burial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label burial. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Trump Hasn’t Released Funds That Help Families of COVID-19 Victims Pay for Burials. Members of Congress Want to Change That.— ProPublica
In past national disasters, FEMA has given money to families of victims to help pay for funerals. After our story showing that Trump had not yet permitted that, the chairmen of two House committees demanded he release the funds.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hasnt-released-funds-that-help-families-of-covid-19-victims-pay-for-burials-members-of-congress-want-to-change-that
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hasnt-released-funds-that-help-families-of-covid-19-victims-pay-for-burials-members-of-congress-want-to-change-that
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Satanic Temple cites religious beliefs as immunity from Supreme Court abortion ruling on fetal remains - The Hill
The Satanic Temple said it would challenge a Supreme Court ruling from Tuesday that upheld part of an Indiana law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains.
The group is citing religious freedom in declaring immunity from the law, according to the Arkansas Times.....
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/445997-satanic-temple-cites-religious-beliefs-as-immunity-from-supreme-court
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/445997-satanic-temple-cites-religious-beliefs-as-immunity-from-supreme-court
Friday, November 10, 2017
Catholic Hospital Pressured Women to Bury Their Fetuses—Then Pence Made It Law - Rewire
While many find comfort in fetal burial programs, imposing these practices on everyone who loses or ends a pregnancy can cause profound shame and distress, a Rewire investigation found.....
https://rewire.news/article/2017/11/02/catholic-hospital-pressured-women-bury-fetuses-pence-made-law/
https://rewire.news/article/2017/11/02/catholic-hospital-pressured-women-bury-fetuses-pence-made-law/
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Mississippi funeral home demonstrates what legal anti-gay discrimination looks like
Imagine your spouse’s death is imminent. You’ve cared for each other and for each other’s family members for over five decades, but now your spouse’s condition is rapidly deteriorating. Hospice care is no longer enough for their daily needs, so you place them in a nursing home, while continuing to spend as much time with them as possible. You know their time is short, so your nephew arranges with a local funeral home to transport and cremate the body upon their passing....
https://thinkprogress.org/mississippi-funeral-home-discrimination-d63304752064
https://thinkprogress.org/mississippi-funeral-home-discrimination-d63304752064
Friday, October 28, 2016
Vatican: Don't Scatter Cremation Ashes, And Don't Keep Them At Home
The Vatican has issued new guidelines recommending that the cremated remains of Catholics be buried in cemeteries, rather than scattered or kept at home....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/25/499286415/vatican-dont-scatter-cremation-ashes-and-dont-keep-them-at-home?ft=nprml&f=1001
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/25/499286415/vatican-dont-scatter-cremation-ashes-and-dont-keep-them-at-home?ft=nprml&f=1001
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