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.
(Excerpt) Read more at coloradostatesman.com ...
CO stoners won’t care, but the politicians who profess to be pro-life should cut off funding to CSU’s ghoulish experiments on dead baby organs.
As should pro life CSU Alumni
Utilizing fetal tissue to research cures for cancer, disease, etc. is possibly the only positive outcome from a terrible situation that is abortion.
I’m against abortion, but I’m not against using fetal tissues for research.
Except it is very difficult to find any successful research applications for fetal tissues. Or any that can't be accomplished utilizing umbilical cord tissue.
Posting history here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:conservativewarriors/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
SNIFF?
“I’m against abortion, but I’m not against using fetal tissues for research.”
Yeah, right.
You just said that you are simultaneously for and against something.
For that “fetal tissue” to be used for “research”, they have to murder a baby.
If somebody was killing "ConservativeWarriors", I do not think you would be advocating, as a positive outcome, the sale of body parts.
Abortion isn’t against the law. I’m against it, but so long as it’s legal, there are no legal ramifications to utilizing fetal tissues for research.
well, bye
“Abortion isn’t against the law.”
Who said anything about that?
You said a contradictory thing, that you were both for and against something.
And you are saying “but so long as it’s legal, there are no legal ramifications to utilizing fetal tissues for research.” on a conservative website.
So you see nothing wrong then with Planned Parenthood harvesting the organs of aborted babies to sell them.
Yup.
And he is gone.
That was one of the quietest ZOTs I’ve seen in some time.
Yeah.
I also note that the trolling noob was fond of self contradiction.
Weird.
As Yoda would say, “Not too clever, this kind is.”
The over-the-top supposed conservative screen name is a dead giveaway once they start talking — kind of like a Freeper calling themselves “TRUEFEMINIST”.
(Gawd I hate the new spelling autocorrect that seems to have taken over the web lately, from email to Free Republic. It changed Freeper to freezer.)
Cheers!
Oh, autocowrecked.
I love what it does on a smertfoan.
*groan*
Darks, he'll be back. From out in the internet ether:
"I can't stop getting my accounts banned from FR! This time, I got banned by Jim Rob himself.
I guess my opinions aren't crazy enough for them. I've amp'd it up as much as I could without it sounding absolutely ridiculous, but I'm STILL seen as a "liberal.
WTF!? Is there some crazy password I don't have?!"
Lol!
Gee, hope he looks me up.
I’ll enjoy poking him with a naginata some more.
The thing these losers don’t understand is that they always sound like their previous incarnation. So get ready, LOL.
This is very true.
And they get so angry about being spotted!
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