In February 2020, Judicial Watch discovered that the Department of Health and Human Services had been purchasing organs from aborted human fetuses to create “humanized mice” for research. In June, they discovered that the Food and Drug Administration had been purchasing fetal organs between 2012 and 2018 that were “fresh and never frozen,” also to create “humanized mice.”

The purchases were made from a California company called Advanced Biosciences Resources (ABR). ABR bought the aborted fetuses from Planned Parenthood for $60 and dismembered them for sale in pieces for as much as $2000 per fetus.

For an historical perspective, in 2001, President George W. Bush restricted the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research, and federal law still prohibits transfer of “any human fetal tissue for valuable consideration.”

However, in 2008, a California company run by men from Ecuador conspired with Planned Parenthood to obtain aborted fetal parts in exchange for financial “donations.” In an attempt to evade US law, the parts were sold internationally. This was discovered in 2015, and the company was prosecuted and the owners deported. However, the California Attorney General declined to prosecute Planned Parenthood in exchange for substantial donations to her political campaign. The US Department of Justice was reportedly looking into the matter in 2020, but no charges were forthcoming. We recall that officials in the DOJ were themselves involved in illegal activity between 2017-2020.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. For a long time it has been evident that we cannot point a finger at leadership in foreign countries and decry corruption in their public officials. We have our own problems!