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Article: Selling, shipping aborted baby body parts barely sidesteps federal restrictions.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services)
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- February 25, 2000
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WASHINGTON _ I was reviewing some material in preparation for the debate about partial-birth abortion a few weeks ago when I came across a price list for body parts harvested from "partial" newborns.
It reminded me of the boast the hog butchers used to make that they found a use for every part of the pig "but the squeal."
Just when I thought I had reached the darkest depths in understanding abortion and the dehumanizing effects it has on our society, I learned that abortion providers are marketing fetal body parts to pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and medical schools.
Abortionists, private-sector researchers and universities have ...