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I have been a funeral director in Wisconsin for 18 years. There is absolutely nothing about this that is legal. You can not sell human remains unless it is for the sake of science. Period. I expect the AG of NY to step in and stop this - and further more - begin a full investigation into the origin of these remains.

This makes me sick. Human remains should never be exploited in this manner. Shame on Christie's - I strongly encourage a boycott of them forever - Nevermind if they change their mind because of public pressure and opinion - they need to be boycotted until they are gone. Period. These are the same people who would be selling Elephant tusks, harp seals, and rhino horns if it were semi-acceptable.

§4200 of the PUBLIC HEALTH LAW of New York State says:
"1. Except in the cases in which a right to dissect it is expressly conferred by law, every body of a deceased person, within this state, shall be decently buried or incinerated within a reasonable time after death.
2. The provisions of this section shall not impair the right to carry the body of a deceased person through this state, or to remove from this state the body of a person who has died within it, for the purpose of burying the same elsewhere."
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/cmty/cemlaw.html#4200

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