Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Federal Judge Ordered HHS to Release Information on Purchasing Organs Harvested From Human Fetuses

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to release additional information about its purchases of organs harvested from aborted human fetuses, according to a statement issued by Judicial Watch on Monday.

Judicial Watch initially filed a lawsuit in March 2019 after HHS failed to respond to a September 2018 Freedom of Information Act request.

Judicial Watch requested all contracts, payment records, communications, and documents related to HHS purchasing human organs from aborted fetuses.

Federal Judge Trevor N. McFadden of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in Judicial Watch's favor in a court order dated March 11, ordering the HHS to provide the information requested.

"This court victory will shed additional light on the federal government's barbaric practice of purchasing organs of aborted human beings," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

The Trump administration announced on June 5, 2019, that it would discontinue federally-funded research that uses human fetal tissue from elective abortions conducted by government scientists.

"Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump's administration," the HHS said at the time in a statement.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/federal-judge-ordered-hhs-to-release-information-on-purchasing-organs-harvested-from-human-fetuses_3735127.html 

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