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Trump�s DOJ Blindsides Planned Parenthood with New Investigation
The Department of Justice has taken the first steps to launch a federal investigation into
Planned Parenthood over its practices regarding the sale of fetal tissue, according to multiple
reports.
Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Stephen Boyd sent a letter Thursday
to the Senate Judiciary Committee asking for unredacted records related to the committee�s
previous investigation into the organization, The Hill reported.
�The Department of Justice appreciates the offer of assistance in obtaining these materials,
and would like to request the Committee provide unredacted copies of records contained in
the report, in order to further the Department�s ability to conduct a thorough and comprehensive
assessment of that report based on the full range of information available,� Boyd wrote.
In 2016, the committee investigated the organization over claims that Planned Parenthood, the largest
abortion provider in the nation, had sold tissue and body parts of aborted fetuses for
profit.
The committee released a report in December 2016 detailing its findings.
Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said there was enough evidence for the FBI
to start an investigation into the group.
The FBI requested access to the unredacted documents last month, but was told the DOJ
needed to send an official letter making the requests and promising that the requested
documents would only be used for purposes related to an investigation, Fox News reported.
�At this point, the records are intended for investigative use only � we understand
that a resolution from the Senate may be required if the Department were to use any of the unredacted
materials in a formal legal proceeding, such as a grand jury,� Boyd wrote.
The Senate Judiciary Committee�s 2016 report noted that Planned Parenthood and other abortion
providers may have sold aborted fetal parts for prices that were much higher than they
should have been.
�The report documents the failure of the Department of Justice, across multiple administrations,
to enforce the law that bans the buying and selling of human fetal tissue,� Grassley
said at the time.
�It also documents substantial evidence suggesting that the specific entities involved
in the recent controversy, and/or individuals employed by those entities, may have violated
that law.�
Legislation passed in 1993 permits abortion providers to sell and transfer fetal tissue
and body parts to researchers.
But they can only charge whatever it cost to obtain the parts, thus ensuring that they
do not profit, according to The Hill.
In July 2015, the first of a series of undercover videos was released by the Center for Medical
Progress, a pro-life group.
The videos showed undercover activists pretending to negotiate with Planned Parenthood officials
for the sale of fetal parts.
The activists argued that the videos showed Panned Parenthood was breaking the law by
seeking to profit from the sale of fetal parts, but the abortion provider denied the allegations.
The release of the videos sparked an outcry from pro-life activists, who demanded that
the group lose its taxpayer funding.
Many of these activists praised the DOJ�s most recent move to investigate the group.
�I think it�s fantastic, and I think the House and Senate should follow up by defunding
Planned Parenthood,� Tom McClusky, vice president of government affairs at the March
for Life, told The Daily Beast.
�There�s no way taxpayer funds should be going to an organization under investigation
like this.�
�We applaud any action by the DOJ to follow the evidence where it leads � and the Senate
Judiciary report reveals substantial evidence suggesting Planned Parenthood profits from
the sale of baby body parts,� said Live Action founder Lila Rose.
�Taxpayers should not be forced to fund a corporation that commits over 320,000 abortions
every year and is now under investigation by the Justice Department and FBI for the
sale of baby body parts,� Rose added.
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