By John Horvat II. Crisis Magazine - The body is sacred and must be treated with all due dignity and respect. It has always been that way. No one needed to explain why the dead must be buried—until our time…. Indeed, when human life is deemed disposable through abortion and euthanasia, the human corpse fares no better. However, it is hard not to be shocked by a bill now before the Washington State Legislature with a good chance of passage. Lawmakers are working toward allowing a new process called “recomposition,” by which human beings would be turned into compost.