Sen. Marco Rubio (R‑FL) is demanding an investigation into Planned Parenthood for reportedly selling aborted fetuses to the University of California, San Diego for research purposes.
Rubio wrote a letter on Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm, asking they launch a federal investigation into the relationship.
Rubio claimed that through documents obtained by the Center for Medical Progress via a public records request, it was revealed that Planned Parenthood was transferring aborted fetal body parts to the university for “valuable consideration” while still maintaining intellectual property rights over the fetal tissue.
“If confirmed, this relationship represents a flagrant violation of federal law, which explicitly prohibits the transfer of fetal tissue for any compensation,” he wrote.
In 2009, Planned Parenthood and the university agreed to a “Biological Material Transfer Agreement” in which Pla …