Led by the March for Life, the pro-life coalition sent a letter requesting the Department of Justice to follow through with the 15 criminal and regulatory referrals ‐ made by the House’s Select Panel ‐ of Planned Parenthood and its affiliates in the fetal tissue procurement industry.
The letter, signed by 17 pro-life leaders, states the facts uncovered during the congressional investigations into Planned Parenthood and its partners, including Advanced Bioscience Resources, DaVinci Biologics, and StemExpress, "raise a reasonable suspicion that these organizations, and/or individuals employed by them, may have engaged in a conspiracy to violate the fetal tissue law (18 U.S.C. § 371)."
The letter comes as Center for Medical Progress releases a new undercover video in which National Abortion Federation (NAF) abortionists are heard sharing graphic details about the dismemberment of unborn babies during the procedure. The footage is a compilation of excerpts from video filmed at NAF trade shows, where abortionists are heard discussing the difficulties they face in their jobs, such as "the head that gets stuck that we can’t get out," and "an eyeball just fell down into my lap, and that is gross!"
Within hours of the video’s release, it was pulled from YouTube and other sites at the order of District Judge William Orrick, who expressed concern about the safety of the abortionists.
Mollie Hemingway observed at The Federalist in August of 2015 that Orrick "wasn’t just appointed by President Barack Obama, the most extreme proponent of abortion ever to hold the White House."