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Anatomy law focused on dissection passes in Indiana.

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After the body of the son of a former U.S. President is taken straight to dissection upon death, a law is passed to create a "morally-sound avenue for medical schools to obtain bodies for dissection" (Beckley, 2020). The law states that: "the body of any person who shall die in any state, city or county prison, or jail, or county asylum or infirmary, or public hospital, within this State, shall remain unclaimed...for twenty-four hours after death...may be used as a subject for anatomical dissection and scientific examination."

Despite being passed with the intention to protect the deceased, the law will result in the further use of the bodies of the poor and people with disabilities for dissection.