Fetal Tissue Case Summary

A lawsuit has been filed against 2 biological supply companies, claiming that they sold fetal tissues acquired between the time-frame of 2009-2015 from planned parenthood at extremely expensive prices around the world which is against the law. The biological companies claim that the allegations of overpricing dead fetal tissues extracted from aborted babies held against them are just “accounting issues”. The 2 companies has charged as much as $700 a vial for fetal tissue that only costed them just $20 to process, according to prosecutors. A law professor at UC Irvine, Michele Goodwin stated that almost all companies that process human tissue charge huge mark-ups, including some “that make this look like this is nothing,” she said. “Why not go after the big fish here?” said Goodwin who is a member of the Planned Parenthood Board. Michael Tein, a lawyer for both companies, stated that his clients complied with regulations and never made any money. “This is a civil lawsuit over accounting issues,” Tein said. “We look forward to explaining the full story to the court.” …show more content…
If this case is dismissed as just an “accounting issue” the illegal overpriced sale of fetal tissue most likely will go on and the laws that are being broken will not be upheld. Another point that is important to the future of science is the existence of corrupt biological companies who lie under oath will continue to haunt the fetal tissue industry if they are let off the hook for such troubling offenses. A example of their bold lies is when the biological companies claimed, “we never turned a profit”, even though there is evidence in some cases that they sold vials of tissue for as much as $700 when it only costed them as little as $20 to