[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 111 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FETAL BODY PARTS TRAFFICKING

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, evidence has been made 
public that the largest abortion provider in America has been actively 
engaged in the illegal and horrific practice of trafficking of fetal 
body parts.
  Planned Parenthood performs over 300,000 abortions annually. This 
organization financially gains from the destruction of innocent, unborn 
children and now has been shown to profit from the selling of 
children's organs to fetal tissue brokers.
  Those who defend Planned Parenthood and these evil practices argue 
these clinics simultaneously provide access to other needed health 
services. Well, Mr. Speaker, one does not justify the other.
  Throughout the United States, there is no shortage of faith-based 
health service providers that, unlike Planned Parenthood, honor, 
respect, and care for all women and unborn children. They do not prey 
on vulnerable individuals for profit.
  Mr. Speaker, I have joined my colleagues, calling for an 
investigation into the trafficking of fetal tissue and activities of 
abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood, companies that broker 
fetal tissue, and any incentives created by National Institutes of 
Health funding for research using body parts of unborn children.

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