While under investigation, @PPFA lied to Congress and said @PPGulfCoast had "rebuffed" a proposal to sell fetal livers for $750 each.
But under oath, @PPGulfCoast contradicted @PPFA and testified they "wanted to move forward with it".
▶️ WATCH here:
But under oath, @PPGulfCoast contradicted @PPFA and testified they "wanted to move forward with it".
▶️ WATCH here:
🛑 42 U.S. Code 289g-2 broadly prohibits selling fetal tissue for any amount of money, or "valuable consideration."
"Valuable consideration" means the Quid Pro Quo in an exchange. It's not strictly about profit or reimbursement, it's about what the transaction is incentivizing:
"Valuable consideration" means the Quid Pro Quo in an exchange. It's not strictly about profit or reimbursement, it's about what the transaction is incentivizing:
🚨 Newly unsealed emails from @PPMarMonte show how they switched from selling body parts to Advanced Bioscience Resources and started selling to @StemExpress instead, because StemExpress offered to come to more clinics more often to harvest specimens, meaning larger payments. 💔
⚖️ 🏛 Federal law only permits reasonable reimbursement of a specific group of tasks, that PP did not do, when donating fetal tissue for free.
@StemExpress paid @PPMarMonte solely based on the number of specimens @StemExpress harvested and "determined in the clinic to be usable"
@StemExpress paid @PPMarMonte solely based on the number of specimens @StemExpress harvested and "determined in the clinic to be usable"
💸💰 $65 per "usable" body part might not seem like a lot, although people go to jail for selling drugs for less. But @PPMarMonte does 17,000 abortions a year, so those numbers can add up quickly.
Clinic owners told us undercover they were looking at $250k/year from @StemExpress
Clinic owners told us undercover they were looking at $250k/year from @StemExpress
🔎 "I knew @PPLosAngeles was getting payments because I was a provider there."
-Dr. Deborah Nucatola, @PPFA Senior Director, Medical Services
Planned Parenthood national KNEW about @StemExpress @PPMarMonte and the valuable consideration they were receiving for fresh baby parts.
-Dr. Deborah Nucatola, @PPFA Senior Director, Medical Services
Planned Parenthood national KNEW about @StemExpress @PPMarMonte and the valuable consideration they were receiving for fresh baby parts.
At the highest levels, @PPFA knew that affiliates were being paid for fetal tissue but did nothing to stop it.
In fact, they encouraged it, granting a "waiver" from their normal protocols for @PPLosAngeles to pursue a deal with "for-profit" Novogenix, now closed under scrutiny:
In fact, they encouraged it, granting a "waiver" from their normal protocols for @PPLosAngeles to pursue a deal with "for-profit" Novogenix, now closed under scrutiny:
