This is an interesting case of the influence of the media. Journalists uncovered the fact that some British hospitals were burning miscarried and aborted babies, often as fuel for heat. A team of investigative reporters put together a film titled "Exposing Hospital Heartbreak" for the television program "Dispatches.” The film showed that in the last two years alone as many as 15,500 fetuses had been incinerated.
The story broke earlier this week prior to the program running on March 24. On that same day, the British government banned the practice. The statement was issued by Dr. Dan Poulter, parliamentary undersecretary of state for health.
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How has Italy addressed the issue of aborted fetuses since it became legal and paid for by the government in 1978?
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