Does Planned Parenthood really think giving away baby parts to be used in research rather than charging for the service will stop the criticism? Good luck with that:
BREAKING: Planned Parenthood will not longer accept reimbursement for fetal tissue http://t.co/cXHsvrUxbL pic.twitter.com/CgpzZS4JU0
— The Hill (@thehill) October 13, 2015
Planned Parenthood to forgo payment in fetal tissue programshttp://t.co/dAXginAx4Q
— Las Vegas Sun (@LasVegasSun) October 13, 2015
There’s an unasked question in all this reporting: if Planned Parenthood no longer receives reimbursement for its baby parts business, who pays? There are still costs involved. They think this solves the problem, but what it does is raise additional questions that the overhead associated with the fetal tissue donations will be paid for with taxpayer money.
More from the AP:
Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs.
Anti-abortion activists who recently released a series of covertly filmed videos have contended that Planned Parenthood officials sought profits from their programs providing post-abortion fetal tissue to researchers. Planned Parenthood said the videos were deceptively edited and denied seeking any payments beyond legally permitted reimbursement of costs.
The new policy — forgoing even permissible reimbursement — was outlined in a letter sent Tuesday by Planned Parenthood’s president, Cecile Richards, to Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health.
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