"I don't quite understand what you're trying to say, Ed. If you Google anti-abortion burial, you'll find that at least in the U.S., anti-abortion activists make a big deal of burying the remains of fetuses they can get their hands on. Whether they do it out of respect or for propaganda purposes, is a matter of debate. "

Joe O, my comment was not focused on the organized anti abortion movement, which I would expect to be extreme and political. I was reflecting more on attitudes to the treatment of the remains of the unborn in the general population.

An example of mixed messages is the public displays of a number of fetuses in bottles by a RC university (the Loyola Specimens) in a human development display.

Personally, I find it distasteful to publically display any human remains, in a museum, or elsewhere. Even open caskets at wakes are a "turn off" to me.

The link below provides an interesting historical perspective on religious attitudes towards the unborn.

RC history and abortion debate