House Committee Announces Expanded Planned Parenthood Investigation

by Susan Michelle
Live Action News 

House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders have sent letters to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. (ABR), Novogenix Laboratories, and StemExpress, requesting briefings and information regarding each organization's practices relating to human fetal parts collection, sale, and/or donation.

These letters build on the committee’s investigation into the shocking Planned Parenthood videos released in recent weeks.

This time the House wants to hear from the fetal procurement agencies, as well as from the Planned Parenthood officials implicated in the videos that came out after the initial investigation began. In its letter to Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the committee asks Richards for interviews with Dr. Mary Gatter, president of PPFA’s Medical Director’s Council; Ms. Melissa Farrell, director of research for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast; and Savita Ginde, M.D., vice president and medical director of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. The committee also asks for Richards to tell them the names of the other PPFA officials who work with fetal tissue donation and disposal. Richards has until August 14 to respond to the committee.

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Susan Michelle has a graduate degree in research and has been a pro-life activist and journalist for several years. Rescued from death herself and adopted as a baby, she now writes, researches, and speaks on pro-life issues, desiring to see an end of abortion and an increase in adoption.