Public Dollars Fund Research on Aborted Babies

Many Americans do not realize it, but Congress allocates millions of dollars each year to fund research on “human fetal tissue” including research on tissue obtained from aborted babies.

The National Institute of Health (NIH), with its Intramural Research Program, is part of the largest medical research institution on the planet. The NIH is an agent of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, and its budget is provided by Congress each year. It conducts its own medical research with that public funding, and it provides grants for other researchers as well.

So how are the NIH and other government agencies supporting research on aborted fetal remains with public dollars? Well, for a little history let’s jump back to 1993. (more…)

Updated: 41 Companies Who Support Planned Parenthood

The Daily Signal has put together a list of 41 companies who donate to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading abortion provider.

As you may know, Planned Parenthood has been at the center of controversy over, among other things, allegations it is harvesting and selling aborted fetal organs.

Here are the companies The Daily Signal lists as Planned Parenthood supporters: (more…)

Updated: Second Undercover Planned Parenthood Video Released

Ending late-term abortionsLast week the Center for Medical Progress released an undercover video in which a top official with Planned Parenthood Federation of America discusses the sale of aborted fetal remains to medical researchers.

The video has stirred controversy, because the official not only discusses the manner in which Planned Parenthood affiliates are “compensated” for “donating” fetal organs to researchers, but also because the abortion techniques discussed in the video sound ominously like those of a partial-birth abortion–a procedure that is illegal in America.

We have written repeatedly about the video and how Planned Parenthood’s response fails to address all the questions being raised.

Today the Center for Medical Progress released a second undercover video shot last year.

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