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In reply to the discussion: Cruz accidentally gives away the game [View all]Human organs are fully developed by eleven plus weeks in a fetus, well within the legal period of abortion. In the Denver video, the lab tech was looking for organs from the aborted fetus in that petri dish. Now there is a medical researcher who has had success experimenting with transplanting fetal organs into rats and growing them. Works for about four month and the organs do manage to grow and they are or are planning to try this with pigs. The ultimate goal is for developing replacement organs for human patients that need them. Currently fetal organs are too small for direct transplantation and it is currently illegal. But you can see where this could ultimately take us and why some people fear abortions will be performed primarily to harvest organs. It IS ILLEGAL to perform any abortion for the express purpose of harvesting organs. But pro-life groups are pushing this information as part of their campaign.
And here is a PRO-LIFE article about a medical research program at the University of Wisconsin and their use of fetal tissue. The article goes out of its way to name specific doctors/administrators. The pro-lifers are going to target researchers now. BUT remember, their contention is that PP is SELLING fetal tissue which is illegal and the law says that not ONLY is the seller breaking the law, but the RECIPIENTS as well. The law includes the research facilities using the tissue for research. If you investigate PP and Stem Express , you also have to investigate UW. In the past, this has been an isolated attack of PP. Now it is spreading outside and it could get nasty for a lot of people. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/11/university-of-wisconsin-caught-buying-aborted-baby-body-parts-for-research/