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Republicans on a special House panel investigating the market for fetal tissue released new documents<\/a> that they said show the procurement company StemExpress marked up the price for body parts, organs, and other tissue from aborted babies 400 to 600 percent when selling the samples to researchers.<\/p>\n

One example of such markups of four to six times cost is seven brains sold by StemExpress to Yale University School of Medicine for $715 each, according to the documents.<\/p>\n

The documents also appear to show that three abortion clinics, including two Planned Parenthood affiliates, illegally granted StemExpress access to personally identifiable information protected under federal privacy law.<\/p>\n

And, the documents suggest, the clinics used invalid patient consent forms to obtain permission to harvest body parts from aborted babies.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., chairman of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, sent two letters<\/a> Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services requesting a \u201cswift and full investigation\u201d into \u201csystemic\u201d violations.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s a business contract between StemExpress and the abortion clinics under which both sides make a profit from the baby body parts inside the young woman\u2019s womb,\u201d Blackburn said in a prepared statement, adding:<\/p>\n

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The contract changes the way both entities view the young woman: Her baby is now a profit center. This betrayal of a young woman\u2019s trust should disgust us all. It takes financial advantage, obtains consent through coercion, and deceives the woman, all in violation of federal privacy laws.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

StemExpress told The Daily Signal that Blackburn is making \u201ccontinued unfounded accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"(Photo:<\/a><\/p>\n

(Photo: StemExpress.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Specifically, Blackburn says documents obtained through the panel\u2019s investigation show StemExpress and several abortion clinics violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and federal regulations governing research involving human subjects.<\/p>\n

HIPAA is a federal law that gives patients the right to determine where and when their private medical information is disclosed. This includes personally identifiable information such as name, age, and Social Security number, along with any present, future, or past health data.<\/p>\n

In her letters, addressed to two officials at the Department of Health and Human Services, Blackburn said several abortion clinics provided StemExpress\u2014which is not covered by HIPPA\u2014with personally identifiable information so that StemExpress could fulfill orders from researchers for tissue from aborted babies.<\/p>\n

HIPAA covers abortion clinics such as Planned Parenthood, Blackburn notes.<\/p>\n

\u2018Unfounded Accusations\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

In a statement to The Daily Signal, a spokesman for StemExpress said the tissue procurement company is \u201cconfident there has been no violation of law and appropriate consents were made for every fetal tissue donation,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n

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We welcome the opportunity to answer any questions from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other agency related to Representative Blackburn\u2019s continued unfounded accusations. StemExpress will continue to support lifesaving research.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The three abortion clinics named in the investigation are all in California: Planned Parenthood Mar Monte in San Jose, Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific in Concord (currently known as Planned Parenthood of Northern California), and Family Planning Specialists Medical Group in Oakland.<\/p>\n

The Daily Signal sought comment from the organizations, which did not respond to phone calls before publication of this article.<\/p>\n

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Chairwoman of the Select Panel, Rep. Marsha Blackburn<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Blackburn\u2019s letters, first reported by Fox News, ask the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate potential violations of HIPAA and federal regulations pertaining to the fetal tissue market. The letters are addressed to Jocelyn Samuels, director of the Office of Civil Rights, and Jerry Menikoff, director of the Office for Human Research Protections.<\/p>\n

In her letters, Blackburn said the Department of Health and Human Services maintains the right to impose civil money penalties<\/a> on covered entities, such as Planned Parenthood, that fail to comply with the privacy rule.<\/p>\n

In addition, Blackburn wrote, \u201cboth a covered entity that discloses, and any person who knowingly obtains, [protected health information] in violation of [HIPAA] can face criminal fines or imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brain Bonuses<\/b><\/p>\n

Evidence of the House panel\u2019s allegations included StemExpress documents that feature compensation rates for tissue and blood procurement. Effective Jan. 1, 2013, StemExpress paid procurement technicians $10 per hour, plus what the company calls a tissue or blood bonus ranging anywhere from $10 to $75 per specimen.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: U.S. House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: U.S. House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cStemExpress paid the abortion clinic for each fetal tissue and each blood sample and then marked up the tissue four to six hundred percent for sale to the researcher,\u201d Blackburn wrote.<\/p>\n

In one case, in January 2012, StemExpress billed $5,175 to Yale University School of Medicine for seven brains priced at $715 each. The total included two charges of $85 for Fedex priority overnight shipping.<\/p>\n

The $715 price per brain, Blackburn\u2019s letter implies, would include the markup of 400 to 600 percent.<\/p>\n

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\"Source:<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: U.S. House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to the StemExpress compensation policy<\/a>, procurement technicians get a $35 bonus for procuring anywhere from one to 10 fetal brains in addition to their $10 hourly rate.<\/p>\n

While transportation costs were included in the documents released by Blackburn\u2019s panel, investigators are seeking to obtain accounting records from StemExpress to further clarify the price discrepancy between the procurement technician\u2019s compensation rates and the total amount billed to research institutions such as Yale.<\/p>\n

The Daily Signal sought comment from Yale via email, but has not received a response.<\/p>\n

What Is Legal<\/b><\/p>\n

The National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act<\/a> of 1993 prohibits any person or organization from profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. However, it is legal to provide payment and accept payment to cover reasonable costs for \u201ctransportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of human fetal tissue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawmakers and pro-life activists raised questions about whether abortion clinics and middleman procurement companies such as StemExpress profit from transactions involving organs, body parts, and other tissue from aborted babies after the Center for Medical Progress<\/a> released a series of undercover videos last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The hidden-camera videos, produced by the center\u2019s David Daleiden, showed officials at Planned Parenthood affiliates discussing the buying and selling of baby body parts and other tissue, raising questions about whether abortion clinics and middlemen companies are profiting off these transactions.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Federation of America consistently has denied<\/a> any wrongdoing and was cleared<\/a> in multiple state investigations so far. In October, after facing questions about its tissue donation practices, Planned Parenthood\u00a0announced<\/a> it no longer would accept any reimbursement.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was first published<\/a> by The Daily Signal<\/a> on June 3, 2016, and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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