Alleged Illegal Fetal Tissue Sales Spark GOP Demand for Action

June 18, 2019, 6:47 PM UTC

Top Republican leaders demanded answers from the FBI June 18 on actions it has taken since a 2016 investigation by a GOP-lead Senate committee suggested certain organizations illegally bought or sold human fetal tissue.

Planned Parenthood was among the organizations investigated by then-Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and it is one of the facilities listed in the June letter sent to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

“The investigation uncovered facts that raise a reasonable suspicion that The Planned Parenthood Federation of America may have conspired with its affiliates to violate the fetal tissue law,” according ...

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