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Well, to be brief - they are usually ground up in the disposal and sent into the sewer system. These days, they are often cut up so that the valuable pieces (brain, spine, testes, ovaries, eyes) can be sold to pharmaceutical companies for fetal stem cell research. Despite the fact that this research has gone absolutely nowhere over decades now, it remains a very lucrative industry thanks to perpetual positive media coverage. Since the tissue is more valuable, some aborted babies are kept alive like lobsters.

Sometimes, they get caught:

http://www.jillstanek.com/bio.html

Here's some good info:

www.stemcellfacts.org

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