An amendment to the Tyrolean Community Health Service Act stipulates that urns may in future be kept at home after cremation, but that the ashes must remain in the urn. The Greens are calling for more liberal regulations, especially when it comes to scattering ashes.
“Many people wish that their ashes would be scattered to the four winds after they die, scattered from a mountaintop or given to a stream. But the state government prevents this,” explains Tyrolean Green Party leader Gebi Mair. “It is heartbreaking when the state government denies dying people their last wish.”
“New regulations not thought through to the end”
For the Greens, the new regulation is not yet well thought out: “The black-red state government now allows urns to be kept at home. However, scattering ashes remains prohibited. Can you imagine the police coming to check after three years whether the urn is still full at home?”
“Respect instead of criminalization”
Mair rejects this “state invasion of privacy”: “Many families are forced into criminalization. In practice, people take the urn home and then secretly fulfill the wishes of the deceased and scatter the ashes.”
Under the current draft law of the state government, only 20 grams of ash may be removed. The Greens around Gebi Mair announce that they will “use the review period to get the state government to respect the wishes of the dying and refrain from state interference in their privacy.”
Source: Krone
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