While some critics accused Planned Parenthood of selling aborted fetus parts, which would be illegal under federal law, the group says it only donates fetal tissue to researchers, for no profit.
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Specific to Missouri, the statement said, “Some Planned Parenthood Affiliates help women and families who decide to donate tissue for medical research”.
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According to Nucatola and a statement released by Planned Parenthood, the money that Planned Parenthood gets from its customers is majorly used to cover the cost of storing and shipping the samples. Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered Attorney General Ken Paxton to look into whether Planned Parenthood’s business practices violate state laws.
The video was secretly recorded a year ago and released to the press this week by the pro-life group, Center for Medical Progress.
Planned Parenthood also said that “the promotional video” by a longtime antiabortion activist mischaracterizes the group’s mission, using “deceptive and unethical video editing”.
“Every Virginia women’s health center is licensed and regulated by the Virginia Department of Health and subject to regular and thorough inspections to ensure that they are in full compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations”, Coy said. Those are counties in Indiana where abortions are performed in Planned Parenthood facilities. Dan Benishek of Crystal Falls and Mike Bishop of Rochester applauded the congressional efforts to investigate Planned Parenthood.
They also say there is not financial benefit.
She even mentioned that they have some difficulties in providing an intact “calvarium“, or the baby’s part, but with a proper dilation and some medical techniques there is a good chance of getting it intact, as well. She and other backers of Planned Parenthood contend the video’s emphasis on fetal tissue is out-of-context, and driven to suppress abortion rights.
That video, produced by a California-based anti-abortion group, raises allegations that Planned Parenthood clinics are selling fetal organs and tissue for profit nationwide.
“When an organization monetizes an unborn child – and with the cavalier attitude portrayed in this horrific video – we must all act”, Boehner said.
The President of Planned Parenthood says their top priority is the compassionate care that they provide.
But House Judiciary Committee Ranking Democratic member John Conyers of Detroit and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., denounced the video and resulting probes “as an opportunity to attack one of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality health care for women”.
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Ferrero’s statement on the website appears on the same page as a video clip from Cecile Richards, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.
