Sen. Marco Rubio wants an investigation into Planned Parenthood for reportedly selling aborted fetal body parts to the University of California San Diego.
on Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm, asking they launch a federal investigation into the relationship.obtained by the Center for Medical Progress via a public records request, it was revealed that Planned Parenthood was transferring aborted fetal body parts to the university for “valuable consideration” while still maintaining intellectual property rights over the fetal tissue.
“If confirmed, this relationship represents a flagrant violation of federal law, which explicitly prohibits the transfer of fetal tissue for any compensation,” he wrote. In 2009, Planned Parenthood and the university agreed to a “Biological Material Transfer Agreement” in which Planned Parenthood would give “fetal and placental cell tissue” to the university for noncommercial research, according to the contract.
“Most notably, the contract between UCSD and Planned Parenthood was made for ‘valuable consideration,’” Rubio wrote. “Federal law explicitly forbids ‘any person to knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human fetal tissue for valuable consideration.’” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER ahead of the March for Life Rally that “ cannot be afraid to speak up for the defenseless by advocating commonsense limits of this gruesome practice.
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