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| http://love.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=606 | House Votes to Continue Funding Select Panel on Infant Lives | 2016-12-02 | 2016 | 2016-12 | Republican | House | UT | Mia Love | L000584 | love.house.gov | legacy | On December 1, 2016 Congresswoman Mia Love spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to highlight 8 cases that have been referred for prosecution, tied to the possible illegal sale of fetal tissue. The House voted to continue funding the committee by a vote of 234-181. You can watch the floor speech here. News coverage of the speech and the House vote. Text of the speech is here: Many have said that the three House Committee investigations related to the sales of fetal tissue have produced nothing. Others have said that the State Attorney General investigations have also looked into the matter and found nothing. They complain that this is a “waste of time” and a “waste of money”. There is so much that we the American People didn’t understand and still don’t understand about this industry. However, since then the Panel’s investigation has uncovered alarming revelations about the fetal tissue industry, and because of this, there have been criminal and regulatory referrals. These have resulted in numerous investigations around the nation. I will highlight eight of these referrals. First, the Panel discovered that the University of New Mexico was violating their state’s Anatomical Gift Act by receiving tissue from a late term abortion clinic. This is currently being investigated. Second, the Panel made a forensic accounting analysis of Stem Express’s limited production and determined that they were profiting from the sale of baby body parts. Now the El Dorado District Attorney and the U.S. Department of Justice are investigating this. Third, the Panel learned that Stem Express and certain abortion clinics were violating the HIPAA privacy rights of vulnerable women for the sole purpose of increasing the harvesting of fetal tissue to make money. Fourth, the Panel discovered that an abortion clinic in Arkansas violated state law when it sent tissue to StemExpress. This too is under investigation. Fifth, the Panel discovered that a university in Ohio was trafficking in baby body parts, an illegal act under Ohio State Law. Sixth, it was discovered that DV Biologics, another tissue procurement company, was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue and was violating California sales tax law. This case has been filed. Seventh, recently the Panel learned that Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast violated both Texas and US law when it sold baby body part to the University of Texas. Eighth, the Panel also just learned that Advanced Bioscience Resources made a profit when it sold tissue to various universities. As elected Representatives we are tasked with oversight of our government that enforces our laws. These eight referrals are proof of potential criminal activity in the fetal tissue industry. They justify the existence of the Panel and their investigations. However, the work of The Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives’ is not finished. There are more referrals to come and in order to complete this work, continued funding for the Panel’s unfinished work is needed. I urge my colleagues to support this bill to fund this investigative work and fulfill our obligation to the American people and the rule of law. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |