{"id":156742,"date":"2016-11-16T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=156742"},"modified":"2016-11-17T09:17:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:17:14","slug":"indiana-university-purchased-aborted-baby-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-university-purchased-aborted-baby-brains\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana University purchased aborted baby brains for $200"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indiana Right to Life has discovered<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0$200 human\u00a0brains from aborted babies were purchased by Indiana University (IU) in May 2016. Part of the reason IU opposed statewide abortion restrictions and sued the state of Indiana was because IU wanted to continue its purchases of aborted baby body parts. Back then, IU said that a new Indiana abortion law would hinder necessary medical research.<\/p>\n

The Indy Star reported in May<\/a>:<\/p>\n

IU said the new law…is vague and “will institute sweeping and unconstitutional prohibitions.” The impact on IU’s neuroscience research, according to the university’s seven-page complaint, could be “dramatic” and “catastrophic.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

IU’s Stark Neurosciences Research Institute<\/a>\u00a0uses aborted or miscarried fetal tissue in conducting research into conditions such as autism and Alzheimer’s disease. The university acquires fetal tissue from the Birth Defects Research Laboratory at the University of Washington. In its complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in September 2016, IU acknowledges it is aware that it is buying the parts of aborted babies: “The U. Wa. Lab advises that fetal tissue is obtained from both elective abortions and miscarriages.”<\/p>\n

Now Indiana Right to Life has verified the purchases are true — as evidenced in this invoice<\/a> from the University of Washington.<\/p>\n

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Despite the invoice showing $200 per brain, IU has taken to Twitter to debate its purchases, claiming any purchase it has made is merely to\u00a0pay for\u00a0“shipping\/handling to obtain very small amounts (less than \u00bc ounce) of these tissue samples.”<\/p>\n

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@irtl<\/a> IU does not buy fetuses or fetal body parts. IU uses fetal tissue provided by NIH-approved labs specifically for research purposes.<\/p>\n

— Indiana University (@IndianaUniv) November 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n