[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 26 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BABY BODY PARTS

  (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, there is a doctor in Illinois who produced 
the following advertisement. It reads, ``Fresh fetal tissue harvested 
and shipped to your specifications, where and when you need it.''
  It also reads: ``Liver, spleen, pancreas, intestines, kidney, brain, 
lungs,'' and I will not read them all, ``with appropriate discounts 
that apply if specimen is significantly fragmented.''
  And at the bottom it says, ``All that you need to initiate service is 
a purchase order number, payment type, and your billing address.''
  Mr. Speaker, this is horrific. These are body parts of babies sold on 
the open market like toys or collectibles. This is a violation of law. 
Selling body parts of babies is wrong, it is unethical, it is illegal, 
it is dangerous to the women from whom these body parts are taken and 
it must stop. The administration must enforce the law. We do not live 
in Nazi Germany. There is a hearing at 2 o'clock before the Committee 
on Commerce. I hope, Mr. Speaker, this practice will be stopped in 
America.

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