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“The state laws governing what people can do after a loved one dies is pretty unregulated. You could do just about anything including shooting ashes out of a cannon or even loading shotgun shells with cremated remains.”
– Attorney J. Alexander Lawrence, to the Chronicle, following last week’s trial challenging the state’s fetal burial rules
This article appears in July 27 • 2018.
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