Body Parts for Profit: How Abortion Clinics Supply Stem Cell Research

Susanne Posel Occupy Corporatism December 27, 2012

Dr. Leon R. Kass, the Addie Clark Harding Professor Emeritus in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of Chicago and former chairman of the Presidents Council on Bioethics under former President George W. Bush, has written a report entitled The Meaning of Life In the Laboratory.

Kass discusses the morality surrounding the US governments funding of research on human embryonic stem cells, cells derived from early embryos produced by in vitro fertilization in assisted-reproduction clinics.

According to the report, the use of human embryos is justified by the advancements of science which demands that new policies be written to account for the development of regenerative medicine. Kass maintains that stem cells save lives, and therefore their use in research are necessary. Although he states that we must also strive to protect and preserve human dignity, Kass believes that with regard to abortions and stem cell research the continuation of this medical research is worth preserving.

Earlier this year, the Obama Administration has approved the use of aborted fetuses in the use of research, even though this practice was previously banned. Obama utilized a loophole in the legislation that abortion clinics are taking advantage of to sell the aborted fetus parts to corporations for scientific study. The loophole allows for reasonable payments associated with the transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of human fetal tissue. Medical researchers and abortion clinics have partnered quietly without the knowledge of the American public.

Whistleblower from LifeDynamics explains how this sneak around the legalities is achieved.

A baby parts wholesaler enters into a financial agreement with an abortion clinic in which the wholesaler pays a monthly site fee to the clinic. For this payment, the wholesaler is allowed to place a retrieval agent inside the clinic where he or she is given access to the corpses of children killed there and a workspace to harvest their parts. In most cases, this retrieval agent is an employee of the wholesaler. In other instances, the retrieval agent is a clinic employee who was trained by the wholesaler.

The buyer usually a researcher working for a medical school, pharmaceutical company, bio-tech company or government agency supplies the wholesaler with a list of the baby parts wanted.

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Body Parts for Profit: How Abortion Clinics Supply Stem Cell Research