Press Releases

The Woodlands, Texas — Today U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Health Subcommittee of Ways and Means, released the following statement on the fifth video released by the Center for Medical Progress.

“We cannot wait any longer to end Federal funding of Planned Parenthood as they continue to profit from these gruesome and inhumane procedures. Whether you are pro-choice or strongly pro-life as I am, Americans have agreed that harvesting the organs and tissues of aborted babies for profit or compensation is both unethical an unlawful. I recently called on Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, one of the largest providers of abortions in Texas, to release data on these and other practices and I will continue to press for answers."

Background: Today, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a fifth video.  This 15-minute video shows the Director for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Melissa Farrell, discussing her affiliate’s experience with collecting and selling fetal organs for research.  Farrell also refers to obtaining intact fetal cadavers, and boasts that her “department contributes so much to the bottom line of our organization here, you know we’re one of the largest affiliates, our Research Department is largest in the United States.  Larger than any of the other affiliates’ combined.”

Congressman Brady’s recent letter to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast calling for answers to the facilities practices can be found here.