Plancental access bill awaits gov's sig
Star-Bulletin
reports
on a bill now awaiting the governor's signature to allow parents access to
placentas ("iewe") after birth for traditional cultural
purposes.Update
4/22:
Star-Bulletin
reports
that "Gov. Linda Lingle signed a bill yesterday allowing hospitals to release
the placenta, the organ that connects mother and child in the womb, to a birth
mother."
Posted: Mon - April 17, 2006 at 04:14 PM