All Points: Tissue from abortions

A Planned Parenthood executive’s callous discussion of abortion doctors harvesting fetal organs for research has sparked outrage. Much of it has focused on parts of what she said that imply Planned Parenthood might profit from the sale of these organs. The organization denies that, saying medical ethics govern the procedure and researchers only pay transportation costs. Selling organs for profit would be an outrage — and illegal. But perhaps the deeper question is, should all research on tissue from aborted fetuses be banned by federal law, no matter what the circumstances? Send no more than 150 words with your name, address and phone number to letters@star-telegram.com. Deadline is Wednesday.

This story was originally published July 21, 2015 at 5:40 PM with the headline "All Points: Tissue from abortions."