Posted on 07/21/2015 8:43:36 PM PDT by Morgana
Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn called Friday for Colorado State University to stop using fetal tissue from abortions in its research while CSU defended its work as above reproach both legally and ethically.
In a letter to CSU President Tony Frank, Lamborn cited documents released last week by the Center for Medical Progress showing that the university bought what he described as “aborted babies’ parts” on Jan. 10, 2013, from a Planned Parenthood affiliate in California.
Federal and state law bans the acquisition, receipt or transfer of "human fetal tissue for valuable consideration" obtained from an abortion, although such purchases are legal if transaction constitutes “reasonable payment” for transportation, storage and other expenses related to the transfer.
Critics accused Planned Parenthood of profiting from the sale of fetal tissue after the center last week released documents and an undercover video of Dr. Deborah Nucatola describing how she performs abortions in order to preserve hearts, lungs, livers and other in-demand fetal tissue.
Planned Parenthood has denied the charges, saying payments received for the fetal tissue are reimbursements for "actual costs" and not for "financial benefit." The organization has also stressed that patients are donating the fetal tissue for medical research.
Lamborn asked Frank to explain the purchase, including the date, “the body parts purchased, the source of the body parts purchased (including the abortion clinic which performed the abortion), the price paid by Colorado State University for the body parts.”
“I also respectfully request that, should it be true that the policy of Colorado State University permits the purchase or acquisition of aborted babies’ body parts for experimentation or for other purposes, Colorado State University immediately revoke any such policy and thereafter refrain, cease and desist from any further purchases of aborted babies’ body parts,” Lamborn said in the letter.
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LOL!
The snot might even get a decoder ring!
And the magazine subscription!
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