James Love: “My colleagues on the other side have said that the three House Committee investigations related to the sale of fetal…”

“My colleagues on the other side have said that the three House Committee investigations related to the sale of fetal tissue have produced nothing. Others have said that the State Attorney General investigations have also looked into the matter and have found nothing. They complain that this is a waste of time and they complain that it is a waste of money. First of all, there is so much that we don't know and the American people don't know and still don't understand about this industry. However, since the panel's investigation, we have uncovered alarming revelations about the fetal tissue industry and, because of this, there have been criminal and regulatory referrals. They have resulted in numerous investigations around the Nation, and I will highlight eight of these. First, the panel discovered that the University of New Mexico was violating their State's Anatomical Gift Act by receiving tissue from late-term abortion clinics. This is currently being investigated. Second, the panel made a forensic accounting analysis of StemExpress' limited production and determined that they were profiting from the sale of baby body parts. Now the El Dorado District Attorney and the United States Department of Justice are investigating this. Third, the panel learned that StemExpress and certain abortion clinics were violating HIPAA privacy rights of vulnerable women for the sole purpose of increasing and harvesting fetal tissue to make money.…”