Legacy Matters30,000 aborted babies buried in Hue cemetery
The cemetery was born from the initiative of a group of volunteers who wanted to celebrate the “sacredness of life” by giving the little fetuses a burial at least. Every day, volunteers go to collect victims from hospitals, clinics and even from garbage dumps, and then they bury them.
The cemetery is not officially recognized by the government, but it closes an eye to the practice, well regarded by Christians, Buddhists and Animists. Even members of the Vietnamese Communist Party have described the cemetery as a “sacred work of love”. Similar cemeteries have emerged near many parishes in Pleiku and in Ho Chi Minh city.