The second episode in a new documentary web series highlights a young womanâs eyewitness narrative of the daily practice of fetal body parts harvesting in Planned Parenthood abortion clinics, describing tissue procurement workersâ coordination with abortion providers, the pressure placed on patients, and disregard for patient consent.
The âHuman Capitalâ documentary web series, produced by The Center for Medical Progress, integrates expert interviews, eyewitness accounts, and real-life undercover interactions to explore various themes connected to Planned Parenthoodâs sale of aborted fetal tissue. Episode 1, âPlanned Parenthoodâs Black Market in Baby Parts,â premiered last month. Episode 2, âInside the Planned Parenthood Supply Site,â launched today.
The series follows the personal narrative of Holly OâDonnell, a former Blood and TIssue Procurement Technician for StemExpress, a start-up biotech company from northern California that partners with Planned Parenthood clinics to purchase their aborted fetus parts and resell them for scientific experimentation. As a procurement tech, OâDonnellâs job was to identify pregnant patients matching the specifications of StemExpress customers and to harvest the fetal body parts from their abortions.
âItâs not an option, itâs a demand,â StemExpress supervisors instructed OâDonnell about approaching pregnant women at Planned Parenthood for fetal tissue âdonations.â OâDonnell says the StemExpress techs working in Planned Parenthood clinics sometimes harvested fetal parts without obtaining consent from the patients: âIf there was a higher gestation, and the technicians needed it, there were times when they would just take what they wanted. And these mothers donât know. And thereâs no way they would know.â
Federal laws on the procurement and use of human fetal tissue require that patients consent to the tissue donation subsequent to consenting to the abortion procedure (42 U.S.C. 289g-1).
According to OâDonnell, Planned Parenthood gave StemExpress workers access to patient records and schedules so that the harvesting company could plan for the days when patient âsupplyâ would be greatest. âThey give you a sheet, and itâs everybody for that day, whoâs coming in for an ultrasound, whoâs coming in for an abortion, medical or a late-term abortion,â OâDonnell explains. Even patients just seeking a pregnancy test at Planned Parenthood were considered part of the supply: âPregnancy tests are potential pregnancies, therefore potential specimens. So itâs just taking advantage of the opportunities.â
Project Lead David Daleiden notes, âExperiences like Holly OâDonnellâs show that Planned Parenthoodâs abortion and baby parts business is not a safe place where vulnerable women can be cared for, but a harvesting ground for saleable human âproduct.â Taxpayer subsidies to Planned Parenthoodâs barbaric abortion business should be revoked immediately, and law enforcement and other elected officials must act decisively to determine the full extent of Planned Parenthoodâs offensive practices and hold them accountable to the law.â