{"id":72026,"date":"2015-08-24T14:30:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T18:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=72026"},"modified":"2015-08-24T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T18:30:29","slug":"ia-lawmakers-urge-state-launch-investigation-abortion-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ia-lawmakers-urge-state-launch-investigation-abortion-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"IA lawmakers urge state to launch investigation into abortion providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Iowa may become the latest to join a <a href=\"\/news\/5-states-defund-13-states-investigate-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\">growing list of states <\/a>to launch investigations into Planned Parenthood. Today, more than 40 Republican legislators sent a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/275889099\/Letter-to-AG-Miller-from-Iowa-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\">letter <\/a>to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, urging him to investigate the practices of Iowa abortion providers.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood is not specifically named in the letter, rather \u201cIowa abortion providers\u201d are mentioned in general. However, the letter\u00a0follows the release of several recent\u00a0incriminating videos involving\u00a0Planned Parenthood, and mentions the related\u00a0allegations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In the letter the lawmakers\u00a0state that\u00a0they \u201cwere appalled by recent allegations that some abortion providers in the United States are:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Contracting with companies to sell or transfer aborted human body parts and organs, and<\/li>\n<li>Actively deceiving their patients through federally mandated disclosure forms on what procedures are being used in order to more easily harvest aborted human body parts and organs.Contracting with companies to sell or transfer aborted human body parts and organs, and<\/li>\n<li>Actively deceiving their patients through federally mandated disclosure forms on what procedures are being used in order to more easily harvest aborted human body parts and organs.<\/li>\n<li>Intentionally neglecting to obtain consent from patients for tissue donation, thus harvesting fetal body parts and organs without the mothers&#8217; knowledge and\/or legal permission.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter contains 10 detailed questions, including on how &#8220;abortion providers (or any affiliates, subsidiaries or associates thereof)&#8221; dispose of aborted fetus remains, and whether any of those remains are donated or sold for medical research.<\/p>\n<p>The letter firmly states, \u201cAs it is the responsibility of the Department of Justice to ensure abortion providers in the State of Iowa are following applicable laws, we respectfully urge you to investigate current and planned abortion operations within Iowa to ensure compliance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa may become the latest to join a growing list of states to launch investigations into Planned Parenthood. Today, more than 40 Republican legislators sent a letter to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, urging him to investigate the practices of Iowa abortion providers. 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