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Pro-Life Group to Speaker Paul Ryan: Extend Planned Parenthood ‘Baby Parts’ Investigation

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From: Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Vice President of Operation Rescue
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Operation Rescue has sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging him to extend the Select Panel on Infant Lives into the next Congressional session, so it has time to complete its investigation into the illegal trafficking of abortion baby remains by Planned Parenthood and others.

 

The Select Panel was created last year after the release of undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress, which revealed Planned Parenthood’s obvious participation in the illegal sale of aborted baby body parts for profit.
The Select Panel, led by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, has spent months investigating this practice and has so far discovered patient privacy violations, illegal compensation for aborted baby remains, and the misuse of aborted baby tissue in so-called “research.”

The Select Panel has referred the University of New Mexico and Southwestern Women’s Options of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the state attorney general for further criminal investigation and prosecution.

 

However, other abortion providers and middle-man organ procurement companies have stonewalled the Select Panel or have refused to cooperate with the investigation. One organ procurement company that contracted with Planned Parenthood abortion facilities to harvest aborted baby organs and tissue for resale, StemExpress, and its CEO Cate Dyer have been referred for contempt charges for their defiance of Congressional subpoenas that requested financial records.

 

“Because of the stonewalling and lack of cooperation with the Select Panel by abortionists and others, the Select Panel has not been able to fully complete their investigation,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman, who also served as a founding board member for the Center for Medical Progress. “We urge House Speaker Paul Ryan to commit now to extending the Select Panel on Infant Lives into the next Congressional Session, so they have the time they need to finish their work.”

 

Subpoenas were also issued by the Select Panel to a Maryland late-term abortion business, Germantown Reproductive Health Services, and to its abortionist LeRoy Carhart, where abortions are done throughout all nine months of pregnancy. The subpoenas were related to possible trafficking in aborted baby parts and viable babies that may have been born alive during abortions done by Carhart. Those entities have yet to fully comply with the subpoenas.

 

“It would be wrong to end the Select Panel before it has a chance to fully investigate these very serious allegations. This would allow abortionists that already think they are above the law to get away with possible crimes as a reward for their lack of cooperation. That would be a miscarriage of justice,” said Newman.

Read Newman’s Letter to Speaker Ryan

Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Click here to support Operation Rescue.

Alveda King

Dr. King currently serves as a Pastoral Associate and Director of African-American Outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries. She is also a voice for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, sharing her testimony of two abortions, God’s forgiveness, and healing. The daughter of the late civil rights activist Rev. A.D. King and his wife Naomi Barber King, Alveda grew up in the civil rights movement led by her uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Her family home in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed, as was her father’s church office in Louisville, Kentucky. Alveda was jailed during the open housing movement. She sees the prolife movement as a continuation of the civil rights struggle. Dr. King is a former college professor and served in the Georgia State House of Representatives. She is a recipient of the Life Prize Award (2011), the Cardinal John O’Connor Pro-Life Hall of Fame Award (2011) from the Legatus organization and the Civil Rights Award from Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) (2011). She is a bestselling author; among her books are King Rules: Ten Truths for You, Your Family, and Our Nation to Prosper, How Can the Dream Survive if we Murder the Children? and I Don’t Want Your Man, I Want My Own. She is an accomplished actress and songwriter. The Founder of Alveda King Ministries, Alveda is also the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Saint Anselm College. She has served on several boards, including Heartbeat International, Georgia Right to Life, MLK Center, Bible Curriculum in Public Schools and Abortion Recovery International (ARIN). She is also a member of the National Black Prolife Coalition (NBPC) and is a Senior Fellow with the Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society. Alveda is a regular columnist for Newsmax.com “Insiders” section and a Fox News contributor.

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