Planned Parenthood Fetal Tissue Scandal Under Investigation

Planned Parenthood Fetal Tissue Scandal Under Investigation
A Right to Life advocate prays during a sit-in in front of a proposed Planned Parenthood location while demonstrating the group's opposition to congressional funding of Planned Parenthood on Sept. 21, 2015 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a federal investigation into practices of Planned Parenthood and the claims that it illegally sold fetal tissue, say media reports.

Stephen Boyd, the Justice Department assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, formally requested in a letter unredacted documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee – the same panel who in 2016 led a congressional inquiry into allegations that Planned Parenthood sold tissue and body parts from aborted fetuses to research firms, reported Fox News.