Reply #: Some more on the Boulder, Co story from the Telegraph:

[emad]

On Sunday, a congregation of 250 prayed at the Sacred Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Boulder, Colorado, as the ashes were buried in the cemetery near its Memorial Wall for the Unborn shortly after 9am Mass.

A handful of protesters gathered nearby holding signs that read "This church is a grave robber" and "Stop forcing your will on us."

Since 1998, the church has interred the remains of 5,500 foetuses, obtaining most from a mortuary hired by the Boulder Abortion Clinic to dispose of them. Dr Warren Hern, the clinic director, said he had "no idea" such an arrangement had been made and the clinic's contract with the mortuary specified the ashes would be buried on its own plot without any religious ceremony.

"I am just horrified," said Dr Hern, who said he had paid the mortuary $1,575 (£830) for its services.