” the two councillors held an emergency meeting thursday morning and agreed that the county would temporarily stop all biomedical waste shipments to its waste - to - energy incinerator , and would amend local ordinances to bar any future shipments that could contain fetal tissue .
” the account was picked up by media outlets in oregon , where it spread like wildfire .
two pro - life county commissioners in oregon have reacted with horror to a vancouver newspaper story that claims aborted fetuses from b.c.
“ we do n’t want to exclude all human tissue , but we want to draw the line somewhere , ” she portland , ore. ( ap ) — county commissioners gave final approval thursday to an order to stop an incinerator in oregon from receiving medical waste until procedures are in place to ensure no fetal tissue is burned to generate power .
it sells the power at medical facilities .
catholic newspaper , published by the roman archdiocese of vancouver , reported that “ aborted and miscarried children ” are “ ending up in an oregon waste - to - energy plant , likely mixed with everyday trash ” and “ incinerated to provide electricity to the people of marion county .
the marion county resource recovery facility in rural brooks might be burning medical waste that includes fetal tissue to generate electricity .
while county officials do n’t know how much fetal tissue from b.c has actually been transported to the plant and then burned , they felt they had to take immediate action , says marion county spokeswoman jolene kelley .
it caught marion county ’s two elected commissioners off guard ; both expressed disgust and said steps are being taken to end the alleged practice .