Planned Parenthood scandal erupts….Documents Show Planned Parenthood Exchanges Baby Body Parts For Intellectual Property Rights
New documents obtained via public record request by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) reveal contracts and conversations between Planned Parenthood and the University of California San Diego (UCSD) where the abortion provider agreed to supply aborted fetal body parts to the school explicitly for “valuable consideration.” In exchange, the university would grant Planned Parenthood ownership of all “patents” and “intellectual property” developed through research and experiments using the supplied fetal tissue.
“PPSD [Planned Parenthood San Diego] shall retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Material, including but not limited to all right, title, and interest in patents and patent applications and other intellectual property rights relating to the Material,” reads a Biological Materials Transfer Agreement contract between the two parties. Documents show this contract was updated in 2014 and remains in place today, according to CMP.