cremation

In 2021, Williams voted yes on a measure that would require a funeral or cremation of abortion remains.

In Texas, the county subject to the NBC investigation changed its policy to provide burial or cremation for unclaimed bodies.

Each burial or cremation can cost thousands of dollars, and the new policy in a single Texas county, for example, will cost it $675,000 a year.

The Law Commission - an independent body which reviews legislation in England and Wales - says current burial and cremation laws are out of date and "unsuitable for the modern world".

Commissioner for property, family and trust law, Professor Nick Hopkins, acknowledged that the proposals must be dealt with "sensitively and with wider public support", but the plans "provide a significant opportunity to reform burial and cremation law for future generations".