GOPs probe of Planned Parenthood ends, but fight continues
A politically contentious investigation by Congressional Republicans into the practices of Planned Parenthood and procuring of fetal tissue for research quietly concluded this week.
Its almost certain the fight isnt over.
The House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives filed its final report Tuesday, ending a 15-month, $1.59 million undertaking that appears to have been a futile search for damning evidence to hamstring Planned Parenthood operations and halt scientists use of fetal tissue in researching cures for a host of illnesses.
GOP leaders submitted the 471-page opus in the waning moments before the 114th Congress adjourned and the new 115th Congress convened.
There was no press release nor news conference, simply a link on the House Energy and Commerce Committee web site. If you didnt know it was coming, youd have missed it.
Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, one of the panels six Democratic members, knew and didnt.
This Panel has been a brazenly partisan and ideological witch-hunt and it should never have been created in the first place, she said in a statement. DelBene represents the 1st Congressional District, which includes east Snohomish and King counties.
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