US govt-funded project harvests from aborted babies for medical research, documents show

[Natural Citizen]

So, uh...I guess Alex Jones was right?

Details about the program emerged after conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch and the Center for Medical Progress obtained 252 pages of documents as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought against the HHS.

Judicial Watch: New HHS Documents Reveal Millions in Federal Funding for University of Pittsburgh Human Fetal Organ Harvesting Project Including Viable and Full-Term Babies - Judicial Watch


''In its 2015 grant application to the HHS, the University of Pittsburgh explained that it had been “collecting fetal tissue for over 10 years… includ[ing] liver, heart, gonads, legs, brain, genitourinary tissues including kidneys, ureters and bladders.”

The institution requested government funds in order to help “develop a pipeline to the acquisition, quality control and distribution of human genitourinary [urinary and genital organs and functions] samples” taken from aborted fetuses. The project aimed to generate an “ongoing resource” that can be used to distribute “fresh” human samples from “various stages (six-42 weeks).” Commenting on its operational abilities in 2015, the university said that it had “disbursed over 300 fresh samples collected from 77 cases. The collections can be significantly ramped up as material could have been accrued from as many as 725 cases last year.”

 

[Natural Citizen]

Apparently, they've been waiting for these children to be born and then cutting them apart while they're still alive.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Vile...

 

[Natural Citizen]

Recall that one of Resident Biden's first acts was to "bring back" abortion funding.

Firstly, Biden's decree reversed the ban on federal funding for international NGOs that provides abortion counselling or referrals.

Additonally, Biden's decree commanded HHS to consider lifting restrictions on the granting of federal funds to family planning organizations in the US that refer women for abortion, such as Planned Parenthood. These organizations have been prohibited from directly offering abortion ever since Richard Nixon set up the funding program in 1970.

 

[Natural Citizen]

These people give me the heebie jeebies.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Where's Baghdad Bob?

 

[Blackrook]

Ladies, if you get an abortion your baby will get carved up and sent to a laboratory for experiments.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

So, uh...I guess Alex Jones was right?

Details about the program emerged after conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch and the Center for Medical Progress obtained 252 pages of documents as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought against the HHS.

Judicial Watch: New HHS Documents Reveal Millions in Federal Funding for University of Pittsburgh Human Fetal Organ Harvesting Project Including Viable and Full-Term Babies - Judicial Watch


''In its 2015 grant application to the HHS, the University of Pittsburgh explained that it had been “collecting fetal tissue for over 10 years… includ[ing] liver, heart, gonads, legs, brain, genitourinary tissues including kidneys, ureters and bladders.”

The institution requested government funds in order to help “develop a pipeline to the acquisition, quality control and distribution of human genitourinary [urinary and genital organs and functions] samples” taken from aborted fetuses. The project aimed to generate an “ongoing resource” that can be used to distribute “fresh” human samples from “various stages (six-42 weeks).” Commenting on its operational abilities in 2015, the university said that it had “disbursed over 300 fresh samples collected from 77 cases. The collections can be significantly ramped up as material could have been accrued from as many as 725 cases last year.”

The thread premise is a lie.

No babies are "aborted."

 

[Oddball]

Uncovered HHS Docs Reveal Federal Funding to Harvest Human Fetal Organs. - The National Pulse

Judicial Watch has just revealed that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), specifically the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spent almost $3 million in federal funds on a University of Pittsburgh project to harvest human fetal organs and tissue, particularly from minority...

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[Blackrook]

The thread premise is a lie.

No babies are "aborted."

You rely on word games as your first line of defense?

OK, I'll play.

What are these human living creatures if not "babies".

How do they die if they're not "aborted".

 

[Natural Citizen]

The thread premise is a lie.

No babies are "aborted."

Oh, there he is. Heh heh.

You're a few seconds late. You're starting to slack, Bob.

Get with it.

Actually, they're purposefully delivered and born alive and then cut up while they're still alive. Fresh product and whatnot.

Does that make you feel better about yourself, Bob? It likely does, huh.

Anyway, I need you to show up on time, you're screwing up the program here. What the heck, man. let's go. Chop, chop, chop...

 

[The Irish Ram]

The thread premise is a lie.

No babies are "aborted."

WHAT???

 

[WinterBorn]

These "babies" are not aborted FOR medical research. And if these medical research programs were shut down, there would be just as many abortions.

What is happening is that the medical research makes good use of a tragic event. The research being done could have huge results for saving lives and improving life.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Additionally, the university’s application said that it wanted 50% of its aborted “subjects” to be minority fetuses.

However, as the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) noted, Allegheny County, the region from which the university sources fetuses for harvesting, is 80% white and only 13% black.

JW v HHS NIH July 2021 Records 00642 pg 184 - Judicial Watch

www.judicialwatch.org

The university argued that it was an ideal candidate to provide human tissue to US government researchers because the institution “takes steps” to “ensure the highest quality biological specimens.”

Specifically, the grant application said that warm ischemic time – the amount of time an organ or body part remains at room temperature after its blood supply has been reduced or cut, before being cooled or reconnected to a blood supply – is “kept at a minimum.” Elsewhere in the documents, the university explained that it uses “labor induction” as a “procedure that will be used to obtain the tissue.”

CMP v HHS fetal tissue complaint 00642 - Judicial Watch

 

[Natural Citizen]

In a press release discussing the tranche of documents, the CMP noted that “if the fetus’ heartbeat and blood circulation continue in a labor induction abortion for harvesting organs, it means the fetus is being delivered while still alive and the cause of death is the removal of the organs.”


...it means the fetus is being delivered while still alive and the cause of death is the removal of the organs.”

...it means the fetus is being delivered while still alive and the cause of death is the removal of the organs.”


...it means the fetus is being delivered while still alive and the cause of death is the removal of the organs.”

Aborted Infants’ Continued Blood Flow Advertised in Racist University of Pittsburgh Grant Application to NIH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ABORTED INFANTS’ CONTINUED BLOOD FLOW ADVERTISED IN RACIST UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRANT APPLICATION TO NIH Newly-Released Public FOIA Records Obtained by The Center for Medi…

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[Natural Citizen]

Previously....

Alex Jones Has Meltdown Over Abortion Misinformation

"I came here and I proved they're keeping babies alive and taking their organs."

www.newsweek.com

 

[jillian]

Apparently, they've been waiting for these children to be born and then cutting them apart while they're still alive.

Lying anti choice loons with vivid imaginations.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Lying anti choice loons with vivid imaginations.

Get back on your pole, jillian. The adults are conversing. Come back when you have something beyond the capacity of a third grader to offer to dialogue.

Sorry, though, I'm all outta ones.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Getting back to Resident Biden's decree with regard to commanding HHS to consider lifting restrictions on the granting of federal funds to family planning organizations in the US that refer women for abortion, such as Planned Parenthood. These organizations have been prohibited from directly offering abortion ever since Richard Nixon set up the funding program in 1970.

• The Pitt scientists note that, “All fetal tissue is collected through a collaborative process including Family Planning, Obstetrics and Pathology.” And that, “the numbers of consents and collections has been steadily increasing… and we are in an excellent position to expand our services to include the needs of the GUDMAP Atlas projects.”

 

[Natural Citizen]

In March 2021, a federal court ordered HHS to release additional information about its purchases of organs harvested from aborted human fetuses. The court also found “there is reason to question” whether the transactions violate federal law barring the sale of fetal organs.

Judicial Watch: Federal Court Slams Potentially Illicit Sales of Body Parts of Aborted Fetuses – Orders Release of Additional Information on Organ Purchases - Judicial Watch

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release additional information about its purchases of organs harvested from aborted human fetuses. The court also found “there is reason to question” whether...

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In May 2021, Judicial Watch announced it had uncovered records from the FDA showing the agency spent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to buy human fetal tissue from California-based Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR).

Judicial Watch Obtains Additional Records of FDA Purchases of Fetal Tissue for 'Humanized Mice' Project; Agency Wanted 'Fresh, Shipped on Wet Ice' Fetal Organs - Judicial Watch

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that it received an additional 575 pages of records from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showing the agency spent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to buy human fetal tissue from California-based Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR). The...

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The tissue was used in creating “humanized mice” to test “biologic drug products.” The records show the agency ordered shipments to be “fresh; shipped on wet ice.”

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In June 2020, Judicial Watch released records showing the FDA between 2012 and 2018 entered into eight contracts worth $96,370 with Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR) to acquire “fresh and never frozen” tissue from 1st and 2nd trimester aborted fetuses for use in creating humanized mice for ongoing research.

Judicial Watch Obtains Records Showing FDA Paid for ‘Fresh and Never Frozen’ Human Fetal Parts for Use In ‘Humanized Mice’ Creation - Judicial Watch

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 165 pages of records from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showing the FDA between 2012 and 2018 entered into eight contracts worth $96,370 with Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR) to acquire “fresh and never frozen” tissue from...

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In February 2020, Judicial Watch made public additional humanized mice records.

Judicial Watch Obtains Records Detailing NIH Purchases of Aborted Fetal Parts for ‘Humanized Mice’ Testing - Judicial Watch

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced it received 676 pages of records from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showing that the agency paid thousands of dollars to a California-based firm to purchase organs from aborted human fetuses to create “humanized mice” for HIV research. The...

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“These documents show taxpayer money is being used to turn the University of Pittsburgh is a one-stop human fetal tissue shop – from procuring the tissue from elective abortions, ‘subdividing’ the human remains, to distributing and shipping the harvested tissue,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

The Center for Medical Progress’ press release - Aborted Infants’ Continued Blood Flow Advertised in Racist University of Pittsburgh Grant Application to NIH