Posted on 04/20/2016 4:27:28 PM PDT by Morgana
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) compared organ donation to fetal tissue donation at a Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives Subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Love asked, “Who protects the minor’s interests” in a fetal tissue donation, adding that as compared to an organ donation “it is not transparent how the fetal organs will be used or by what organization.”
The congressional investigation of the sale of tissue from unborn baby parts was called for following the release of undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) last summer, which revealed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting of unborn baby parts.
“I want to contrast and focus on two different things, organ donations and fetal tissue donations,” Love said in her opening remarks. “Organ donations are done with dignity, disclosure of where and how the organs will be used, and in every hospital in the nation there are uninfluenced counselors to help with the process – and no money is made from the organ donation. The process is transparent and seen as ethical.”
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