The House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives announced late Thursday it will start issuing subpoenas to organizations that have not cooperated in its investigation into undercover videos of talks with the Center for Medical Progress last summer.
Republican Chairwoman Marsha Blackburn confirmed the panel will start by going after three entities who did not disclose documents requested by Congress.
“By failing to fully cooperate with our investigation, these organizations have compelled our panel to subpoena these documents in order to acquire information that is vital to the completion of our work,” Blackburn said in a statement. “Without these subpoenas, the American people and the House itself would be left to speculate about what is going on in the fetal tissue industry. We cannot leave questions unanswered.”
The fetal tissue procurement company that was alleged as having done business with abortion clinics and doctors, Stem Express, is one of the groups that will receive orders to turn in documents. The University of New Mexico and Southwestern Women’s Options will also be subpoenaed.
Blackburn, a Tennessee representative, said the panel has sent more than 30 letters requesting information on a voluntary basis, but the lack of response led the panel to take a more forceful approach to getting answers about what happened to body parts from aborted fetuses.
