Hong Kong couple seeking burial of miscarried son spark change for other local Catholic parents
‘Clinical waste’ controversy prompts diocese to form plan to help faithful who are in similar situations
A Hong Kong couple who have been jumping through bureaucratic hurdles to retrieve their miscarried son deemed “clinical waste” by a hospital might inspire revolutionary change for other grieving Catholic parents in the city.
Kevin and Angela, who have made known their situation to the city’s Catholic diocese, have prompted the church to come up with a plan to help parents properly bury their foetuses when public hospitals would otherwise dispose them.
But the changes, if successful, would still be limited to Catholic parents, raising questions as to how families of other faiths or without a religion could similarly reclaim their fetuses.
The Post has learned that, apart from Catholics, the city’s Islamic community offers similar services to Muslim parents.
The couple, using pseudonyms, were originally told by Princess Margaret Hospital they would not be given back Wally, their son whom they lost 15 weeks into pregnancy.