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The University of Pittsburgh<\/a> has hired Washington D.C. law firm Hyman, Phelps & McNamara<\/a> to conduct an independent review of its research involving the bodies of aborted children. After the firm conducts its review, it will reportedly present its findings to the University\u2019s senior leadership.<\/p>\n

Explaining the reason for its actions, the university said it has taken this \u201cproactive step to ensure that it is positioned to continue leading the way \u2014 scientifically, legally and ethically \u2014 in practicing and advancing lifesaving research.\u201d Despite the university\u2019s claim that its fetal experiments are \u201csubject to robust internal controls and highly regulated at the state and federal level,\u201d its research practices have raised numerous ethical concerns.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Center for Medical Progress<\/a> and Judicial Watch<\/a> released public records from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), showing the university likely harvested organs from born-alive infants.<\/p>\n

READ: Jewish pro-life group calls out \u2018Mengele research\u2019 at University of Pittsburgh<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2015, the university<\/a> submitted a $3 million grant application to NIH to become a \u201cfetal distribution hub\u201d for the GenitoUrinary Developmental Molecular Anatomy Project (GUDMAP)<\/a>. Within the application, the university claimed that during the process of harvesting aborted body parts, \u201cIschemia time is minimized.\u201d\u00a0The NIH<\/a> said this refers to \u201cthe time a tissue, organ, or body part remains at body temperature after its blood supply has been reduced or cut off but before it is cooled or reconnected to a blood supply.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to multiple OB\/GYNS<\/a>, including Dr. Ronna Jurow, who previously worked at Planned Parenthood and considers herself \u201cpro-choice,\u201d there is \u201cno question\u201d this means infants were alive when their organs were harvested.<\/p>\n

The report, sadly, is unsurprising, as Live Action News<\/a> has previously documented the university\u2019s history of experimenting on abortion survivors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the NIH grant application, the university also stated its fetal harvesting program would feature \u201cInclusion (or exclusion) of individuals on the basis of sex\/gender, race, and ethnicity,\u201d setting a quota to obtain a large number of preborn children from minority populations.<\/p>\n

As Fox News<\/a> reported, the University of Pittsburgh claimed that it targeted Black women and their children for research purposes because this population is most impacted by kidney disease. This explanation, however, is a poor justification for categorizing an entire group of human beings as experimental fodder.<\/p>\n

The report is also not the first time CMP has alerted the public to the university\u2019s questionable and potentially illegal practices. In 2014, pro-life journalist David Daleiden<\/a> uncovered what appears to be an illegal quid pro quo between the university and Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

As the Center for Medical Progress<\/a> noted, PPWP abortionists supply the aborted children in exchange for the University of Pittsburgh sponsoring its operations. The fact that many Planned Parenthood abortionists sit on the university\u2019s OB-GYN faculty only makes the alleged procurement relationship between the two parties all the more likely.<\/p>\n

The result of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara\u2019s review remains to be seen, and it is unknown if public officials will also take significant action to hold the university accountable. The University of Pittsburgh needs to answer for its unethical practices involving aborted body parts.<\/p>\n

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The University of Pittsburgh has hired Washington D.C. law firm Hyman, Phelps & McNamara to conduct an independent review of its research involving the bodies of aborted children. After the firm conducts its review, it will reportedly present its findings to the University\u2019s senior leadership. 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