OH attorney general: Aborted fetuses from Planned Parenthood sent to landfills

Planned Parenthood of OH is striking back against an investigative finding by state Attorney General Mike DeWine alleging that it improperly disposed of aborted fetuses in landfills.

Aborted fetuses from Planned Parenthood clinics in OH were disposed of in landfills, the state’s attorney general said.

Planned Parenthood clinics in OH disposed of aborted fetuses in landfills, the state’s attorney general said Friday, a practice that is in violation of state law.

Tony Dejak/AP Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. a staunch pro-lifer, launched an investigation into Ohio Planned Parenthood clinics after the release of a secretly taped video showing a staffer describing donating fetal remains. “While we’ve heard it said that Planned Parenthood is a “volume” institution, we know that these pre-born children are not trash made for landfills”.

The investigation determined that fetal remains taken by Lake Forest, Illinois-based Stericycle from a third Planned Parenthood affiliate, in Bedford Heights in suburban Cleveland, ended up in a different landfill.

Stephanie Kight, executive director and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, denied there was any improper disposal and charged the probe was politically motivated, creating “an incredibly hostile atmosphere for women in the state of Ohio”, the Dispatch reports.

Planned Parenthood has been the subject of intense scrutiny after a series of undercover videos accused the abortion provider, which receives federal funding, of selling fetal parts.

In a statement on its Facebook page, Planned Parenthood’s branch in the state rejected the findings.

Ohio Right to Life, which opposes abortion, called on lawmakers to pass a bill ensuring the aborted remains of babies are treated humanely.

In October, agency president Cecile Richards announced Planned Parenthood would stop accepting “reimbursement” for fetal tissue donations – an activity she described as being a very small part of what the family planning group does. “It is a grotesque portrait of their urgent need to dispose of their victims along with the truth”. There were claims that the sites were selling fetal tissue, or abortion trafficking. Robert McColley of Napoleon and Kyle Koehler of Springfield, and Sen.

The investigation did find that the disposal methods being used violated Ohio Administrative Code 3701-47-05.

Gov. John Kasich said he found the findings “disturbing” and promptly directed Mr. Hodges to take “appropriate legal action”.