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The Los Angeles fetus disposal scandal was the 1982 discovery of over 16,000 aborted fetuses being improperly stored at Malvin Weisberg's Woodland Hills, California, home and the ensuing legal battle regarding their disposal. It was called a "national tragedy" by the then-president Ronald Reagan and inspired a song by pop singer Pat Boone, with the fetuses finally buried in 1985. No criminal charges were filed against any of the parties involved. Weisberg had stored the specimens properly but had not disposed of them due to financial difficulties.〔 ==Discovery== Malvin Weisberg had operated Medical Analytic Laboratories in Santa Monica from 1976 until March 1981. He purchased a 20-foot (6.1 m) storage container in 1980, delivering it to his Woodland Hills home and paying for it with a bounced check for $1700.〔〔 The container was repossessed on February 3, 1982, by the Martin Container Company, based in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles.〔 The company opened the container on the following day, discovering the fetuses, which were stored in formaldehyde.〔 The initial press conference, on February 5, 1982, by the Los Angeles County Health Department said up to 500 fetuses were found. On February 24, 1982, the count of fetuses was raised to approximately 2000, with the majority of them being from the storage container and 200–300 from Weisberg's garage. The tally of fetuses was estimated at "up to 17,000" in May 1982,〔 and was later finally set at 16,431.〔 A count of 193 fetuses were evidently over 20 weeks' gestation, with the oldest almost 30 weeks.〔 State law required the fetuses to be cremated or buried "within a reasonable time".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Los Angeles fetus disposal scandal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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