Lauren Handy, anti-abortion activists in Washington DC, now claim they have buried 110 fetuses

An anti-abortion fervor being investigated after five fetuses were found in her home last week has offered a strange explanation for Tuesday’s gruesome discovery: fetuses, she insists. , was among more than 100 other fetuses recovered at an abortion clinic in Washington.

So far, only five fetuses have actually been recovered by police. And the story was quickly and vigorously contested by a company that led to controversy erupting after fringe activist, Lauren Handy, was arrested last week for blocking people seeking services at a discovery clinic pregnancy in DC.

“During the five days they were under my care, 115 victims of the violence of abortion were given a funeral for their baptized children and 110 people… were properly buried in a private cemetery. ,” Handy, operations director for Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, said at a news conference Tuesday.

During a crowded press conference, activists – including Randall Terry, founder of the radical anti-abortion group Operation Rescue – said they wanted to set a record for the fetuses that caused a stir across the country this week. last week.

Handy testified that on March 25, she and Terrisa Bukovinac, the founder and chief executive officer of her group, went to Washington Surgi-Clinic to protest against abortion. There, they said, they found a truck driver carrying medical waste and asked him if they could take one of the crates he was loading outside, arguing that they were full. “dead children” and promised to give them “a proper burial.”

The driver’s owner, Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services, denied the group’s account, saying staff took three bins from the reproductive wellness center and delivered them to the group’s incineration facility. “Curtis Bay employees did not deliver any of these packages to PAAU or other third parties and any allegations made otherwise are untrue,” the company added in a statement. .

After having most of the fetuses she describes as “buried” at an undisclosed location, Handy claims she’s finally “arranged for a medical examiner to pick up” the remaining five fetuses. , alleging that they had injuries consistent with a violent crime. Both Handy and Bukovinac said they had even tried unsuccessfully to find a private pathologist for prenatal care. The medical examiner’s office did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment.

The incident comes after the Metropolitan Police Department told The Daily Beast that an officer discovered five fetuses while responding to advice “regarding potentially biohazardous materials” at home. by Handy last Wednesday. Police declined to comment further on Handy and the group’s latest allegations this week, but reiterated that the case is “still under active investigation.”

Assistant police executive Ashan Benedict confirmed in a press conference that the fetuses “have been aborted under DC law” and that authorities “are not investigating this case in those ways.”

Handy was outside her home when officers brought out the coolers containing the fetuses last week. Although she declined to comment in detail, she told WUSA9, “People freak out when they hear it.”

The discovery of the fetus came the same day Handy was indicted along with eight other anti-abortion protesters after allegedly infiltrating a DC medical center and streaming it on Facebook in 2020. Handy did not accept it. charged with charges this week.