TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback wants the state to determine if Kansas abortion facilities take part in a fetal tissue program in the wake of criticism over a Planned Parenthood executive videotaped discussing the disposition of parts from aborted fetuses.
Brownback’s office said Tuesday he wants the Kansas Board of Healing Arts and the state Department of Health and Environment to investigate whether any Kansas facility sells tissue and organs from aborted fetuses.
An undercover video released by anti-abortion activists shows Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical services discussing procedures for providing fetal body parts to researchers. Planned Parenthood says it legally helps women who want to make not-for-profit donations of their fetus’ organs for scientific research.
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment.