Last updated on March 25th, 2024 at 06:50 am
Pro-life activists testified before Congress on March 19, discussing their efforts to expose the role of the abortion industry in fetal organ harvesting. These activists, including leaders of the investigative group Center for Medical Progress (CMP), called for lawmakers’ support to enforce the law against allegedly illegal practices.
The CMP has been undercover recording conversations with officials from Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation since 2015. The discussions they recorded have unearthed claims of the abortion industry violating federal laws against profiting from human tissue and potentially committing partial-birth abortions or infanticide.
In his testimony, CMP founder and president, David Daleiden, shared chilling anecdotes from his research and discussed attempts to conceal the sale of baby parts. He also highlighted emails revealing the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General subpoenaed the University of Pittsburgh for information regarding their fetal organ harvesting program. Daleiden further spotlighted an arrangement between Planned Parenthood and the University of California San Diego to exchange fetal tissues for ownership of the university’s patents and intellectual property.
The pro-life activists called out government officials for alleged complicity in covering up these practices. They specifically centered on Vice President Kamala Harris, who was California’s Attorney General, when the scandal first came to light, accusing her of failing to prosecute the abortion clinics involved and instead prosecuting CMP for their investigative tactics.
Appealing to Congress to re-examine the controversial organ harvesting issue, Daleiden said, “It is imperative for the people’s house to reopen formal investigations of the black market in aborted baby organ harvesting so that taxpayer-funded entities can never put a price tag on human beings.”
The CMP and its leaders have faced felony charges, lawsuits, and a near $16 million judgment for their investigative methods. Despite losses at the appellate court level and the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene, the activists continue their fight against the abortion industry’s practices.
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