A pro-life watchdog group has released several obtained documents showing that federal law enforcement officials investigated the University of Pittsburgh after its research practices involving fetal tissue were the focus of national media headlines.
According to a statement last week, documents obtained by the pro-life activist group Center for Medical Progress and the conservative activist group Judicial Watch through a Freedom of Information Act request show a university official acknowledging an investigation opened by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2021.
CMP is the pro-life group that released a series of videos in 2015 that purportedly showed Planned Parenthood executives discussing the illegal sale of aborted baby body parts, a claim that the corporation has repeatedly denied. CMP President David Daleiden has also raised concerns about Planned Parenthood acting as a supplier of fetal body parts for the University of Pittsburgh.