The buying and selling of fetal body parts—a longtime problem highlighted by the July release of an undercover video of the medical Director of Planned Parenthood—has ignited a political uproar. Since Planned Parenthood is the country’s largest abortion provider, the trade in infant body parts could be widespread. At least eight states have investigations ongoing. Four congressional committees are undertaking their own investigations, and one of those—the House Judiciary Committee—first held hearings on September 9.
Amidst all the ongoing state and federal government investigations, however, most have lost sight of the ultimate cause of this trade in aborted infants’ organs: the Supreme Court and its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. The Planned Parenthood videos are only the latest in a long series of scandals involving fetal organs that were the direct result of the court’s decisions in Roe and Doe.
