Disclosure of fetal organ sales almost became law

Disclosure of fetal organ sales almost became law

"The lawyers went to work," he said, "as only lawyers can do. "They found a loophole: How can we sell this tissue, make a profit at the expense of this poor woman and hide it all by calling it research?"

The statement above is not recent. The statement was not made in response to the furor generated last month after a pro-life organization released a video documenting the harvesting and selling of fetal body parts by Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood to forgo payment in fetal tissue programs
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Planned Parenthood to forgo payment in fetal tissue programs

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs.

Anti-abortion activists who recently released a series of covertly filmed videos have contended that Planned Parenthood officials sought profits from their programs providing post-abortion fetal tissue to researchers. Planned Parenthood said the videos were deceptively edited and denied seeking any payments beyond legally permitted reimbursement of costs.

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