The founder of a human tissue company that used to contract with Planned Parenthood clinics talks briefly about obtaining whole fetuses in a short video posted late Friday afternoon by anti-abortion investigators.
The Center for Medical Progress released the two-minute clip soon after a California judge ruled Friday that the biotech company StemExpress can’t prevent footage from being aired that shows its founder, Cate Dyer, talking about obtaining aborted fetal tissue.
Most of the two-minute clip contains footage already aired in previous videos. But Dyer makes a brief appearance in which she describes receiving whole fetuses in a lighthearted way.
“If you had intact cases, which we’ve done a lot … we sometimes ship those back to our lab,” Dyer says. “Tell the lab it’s coming and you open the box, oh my God,” she says, laughing.
StemExpress previously contracted with some Planned Parenthood clinics for aborted fetal tissue, but has cut ties with the women’s health and abortion provider after it came under fire for supplying the tissue and being compensated for it.
The undercover footage was obtained by anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, and has prompted outrage among conservatives and two congressional investigations. Planned Parenthood has apologized for the tone of its workers displayed in the videos, but says it has broken no laws.
