Planned Parenthood Illegally Selling Fetal Tissue, Say Pro Life Group
A second Planned Parenthood video surfaced online this week, allegedly showing one of the company’s doctors discussing the selling of fetal parts following abortion procedures, reports CNN.
The eight minute video (viewable below) sees Dr. Mary Gatter, president of the group’s medical director council, discussing costs of aborted tissue.
A Planned Parenthood clinic. Image Credit: Fibonacci Blue (Flickr)
This is following a video released last week showing Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical services, also discussing the collection and sale of fetal tissue.
The undercover videos were made by anti-abortion group The Center of Medical Progress, posing as representatives from a biotech company, who say this is proof that Planned Parenthood is illegally selling fetal body parts for profit, a practice they deny.
The video cites US law, section 42:
(a) Purchase of tissue
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human fetal tissue for valuable consideration if the transfer affects interstate commerce.
The video’s released by the Center for Medical Progress have shocked the online community, however Eric Ferrero, Planned Parenthoods vice president of Communications says they cannot confirm the authenticity of the video.
“Nobody can tell exactly what was discussed because of the extremely heavy editing, the agenda of the activists who produced it, and the fact that the original footage has not been made available […] What we see on this tape is a woman who says “we’re not in it for the money,” and that any money must be related to reimbursement for costs.”
At the end of the video, Mary Gatter says in regard to payment for tissue:
“Let me just figure out what others are getting […] and if this is in the ballpark, then it’s fine, if it’s still low, then we can bump it up. I want a Lamborghini.”
This story is reminiscent of last year’s report that UK hospitals were burning aborted babies for fuel.
Read the full CNN story on the Planned Parenthood videos here.
Scroll down to view video. Please note, this contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some viewers.
Abortion is illegal in Thailand, however until recently the country was attractive for infertile couples wanting surrogates. Commercial surrogacy is now banned in Thailand. This came in the wake of a number of incidents, including 65 babies born to Thai surrogates on behalf Israeli couples, who were then not permitted to travel to Israel.
Surrogacy in Thailand also made the news this week when a gay couple were denied their baby from their Thai surrogate, who claims she did not know she would be handing the baby over to a gay couple.
Click here for information regarding the Thai Surrogacy Act.
The sale of fetal tissue in Thailand is prohibited by the Anti Human Trafficking Act.
In Thailand, the issue of smuggling human fetuses was also reported in 2012 when officials discovered a number of fetuses wrapped in gold leaf at Bangkok airport.
