The sale of fetal body parts: gruesome-and shockingly legal

By: American Decency Staff

Earlier today, an undercover video released by the Center for Medical Progress shows a national-level executive of Planned Parenthood admitting that the abortion provider sells intact fetal body parts.

The video is posted below. If you haven’t watched it already, I’d recommend you do. Warning: it is profoundly disturbing. You will want to read the rest of this article to help explain how this practice exists and why it is still, sadly and shockingly, legal.

The discussion in the video is graphic, gruesome, and disturbing. What’s even more shocking is that this practice may actually be legal under current federal law.

The following is an attempt to examine the contents of this video in the context of the law. I’m grateful for the Center for Medical Progress for exposing this practice. They have performed and invaluable service by creating this video. I think we should clearly understand the truth of the situation, not because it demonstrates that the horrific practice of Planned Parenthood is still, unbelievably, protected under federal law.

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