Small Victories: Planned Parenthood - Granite Grok

Small Victories: Planned Parenthood

No more monies for tissue reimbursement

The President of Planned Parenthood penned a letter today to the Director of the National Institutes of Health to state the organization’s official position on reimbursements for fetal tissue donation–specifically, that the practice is not illegal and that Planned Parenthood operates well within the bounds of the law. However, the letter goes on to say that due to ‘extreme political pressures’, Planned Parenthood will no longer accept reimbursements for tissue donation.

Read: no more money for baby parts.

Interestingly, the letter states that other organizations similar to Planned Parenthood shouldn’t be precluded from continuing with the process of legally being reimbursed for tissue donations.  (Even though the largest provider has already succumbed to the political pressure, they are urging the smaller ones to soldier on!)

So there clearly is still work to do, but this is a small victory with Planned Parenthood.

I’ll take it.

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