<p>Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and the Senate Judiciary Committee are recommending criminal charges against the abortion provider Planned Parenthood for allegedly profiting from the sale of fetal body parts.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t take lightly making a criminal referral,&#8221; said Committee Chairman Grassley, &ldquo;but the seeming disregard for the law by these entities has been fueled by decades of utter failure by the Justice Department to enforce it.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Grassley, who referred a number of PP affiliates for investigation to the FBI and the DOJ this Tuesday, says the problem won&rsquo;t stop &ldquo;unless there is a renewed commitment by everyone involved against commercializing the trade in aborted fetal body parts for profit.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The whole thing started when the Center for Medical Progress released a series of shocking videos claiming that PP regularly sold aborted fetal tissue for profit. The videos turned out to be doctored, ;but Grassley&rsquo;s recommendation is based on more than 20,000 pages of Planned Parenthood documents that the organization voluntarily handed over to the committee.</p>
<p>Grassley&rsquo;s committee found PP&rsquo;s cost analyses to be lacking in specifics, instead relying on &ldquo;broad and vague claims of costs for the transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of fetal tissue.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood currently receives government funding, and pro-life groups are furious that their taxpayer dollars have fuelled the organization&rsquo;s disgusting practices. &ldquo;Planned Parenthood must be prosecuted,&rdquo; argues Lila Rose, a pro-life advocate representing Live Action, &ldquo;and the over half a billion dollars in taxpayer subsidies that are propping up this absolutely corrupt and potentially criminal enterprise must be cut off immediately.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood &ldquo;strongly disagrees&rdquo; with Grassley&rsquo;s recommendation, citing &ldquo;investigations by three other Congressional committees, and investigations in 13 states including a grand jury in Texas&rdquo; that have shown the organization to be innocent of wrongdoing, argues Dana Singiser, Vice President of PP&rsquo;s governmental affairs.</p>
<p>The Obama Administration is unlikely to respond to Grassley&rsquo;s letter, but the recommendation gives the incoming Trump Administration ammunition with which to levy criminal charges against America&rsquo;s biggest abortion provider.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> Without the protection of Obama or Hillary Clinton, Planned Parenthood is likely to shrink radically. A great deal of their funding comes from the federal government.</p>
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