Post by robeiae on May 5, 2021 7:43:46 GMT -5
www.denverpost.com/2021/04/27/human-composting-colorado-soon-legal/
Total no-brainer, should be the law nation-wide.
What bullshit, a dead body is a dead body. We don't respect roadkill...
Composting human remains appears likely to become an after-death option for Coloradans, though funeral homes won’t be able to offer it immediately.
The Colorado House passed Senate Bill 21-006 on Tuesday, following the Senate’s vote on March 16. The bill that legalizes natural organic reduction of human remains into soil is headed to the governor’s desk for a signature. It will go into effect 90 days after the General Assembly adjourns, but funeral homes will need time to get the space and operations ready before offering the service.
Rep. Brianna Titone, an Arvada Democrat who brought the bill last year before it was killed due to COVID, said people have been asking her about legalizing this method in Colorado.
“I’m just really proud to give this option to people here in Colorado, which have the Colorado way of life in mind … And when people pass away, they can feel like they lived in Colorado and they can give back to Colorado and help the earth,” she said.
The Colorado House passed Senate Bill 21-006 on Tuesday, following the Senate’s vote on March 16. The bill that legalizes natural organic reduction of human remains into soil is headed to the governor’s desk for a signature. It will go into effect 90 days after the General Assembly adjourns, but funeral homes will need time to get the space and operations ready before offering the service.
Rep. Brianna Titone, an Arvada Democrat who brought the bill last year before it was killed due to COVID, said people have been asking her about legalizing this method in Colorado.
“I’m just really proud to give this option to people here in Colorado, which have the Colorado way of life in mind … And when people pass away, they can feel like they lived in Colorado and they can give back to Colorado and help the earth,” she said.
Although the bill passed the Senate unanimously, 18 House GOP lawmakers voted against it., including Douglas County Rep. Kim Ransom. She said that while the bill tugged at her libertarian ideals of defending personal choice, ultimately the “principles of respecting human remains … and respecting the human body” outweighed everything else.