Reply #39: This is unnecessary. I don't understand the need for it! I had a baby

[blonndee]

who was very premature (about 26 weeks) who died, and although I neither requested nor received a birth or death certificate, we were able (without hassle or any legal complications) to take possession of the body and have a funeral. The only "legal" documents I had to sign had to do with permission to allow the hospital to conduct an autopsy for educational purposes, as it was a teaching hospital. The rest was up to me.

For me, having the choice to have a funeral and bury my daughter provided the "closure" I needed. It had nothing to do with what any governmental agency had to say about it! (and I was *gasp* rather naive and conservative back then) I guess it's POSSIBLE someone would want this, but just based on my experience, that was the LAST thing on my mind. The only motive I can see for this is undermining reproductive rights in the public mind.