Energy and Commerce Committee Launches Investigation Following “Abhorrent” Planned Parenthood Video

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Energy and Commerce Committee Launches Investigation Following “Abhorrent” Planned Parenthood Video

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today began an investigation following the release of a video revealing the Planned Parenthood Senior Director of Medical Services discussing the sale of fetal body parts. The sale of fetal body parts for profit is illegal.

“This video is abhorrent and rips at the heart. The committee will get to the bottom of this appalling situation," commented full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA).

Source: House Committee on Energy and Commerce