[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CALL FOR OVERSIGHT HEARINGS INTO GROWING BODY PARTS INDUSTRY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I read an article in World Magazine this week 
entitled ``Harvest of Shame'' about a new and growing industry in 
America. This industry trafficks in body parts, parts of babies' 
bodies, organs and tissues of aborted babies. This business provides 
fee for services schedules listing the prices they charge for almost 
any body part you can think of, eyes, livers, brains, thymuses, blood, 
among other things.
  Mr. Speaker, we are not talking about the People's Republic of China. 
We are talking about the United States of America. Now we know why the 
partial birth abortion procedure was developed, to give this industry 
whole body parts. The direction our country is going, the exploitation 
of innocent and voiceless people, children, babies, for the supposed 
benefit of the rest of us is shocking. We should be outraged not only 
because it is a violation of Federal law but because this callous 
disregard of human life is very real, very grotesque, it is growing 
steadily and it is done in the name of research. Apparently money talks 
and many are listening.
  Mr. Speaker, oversight hearings should be held immediately on this 
issue.

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