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Planned Parenthood is not selling organs.
Fetuses don’t have organs that are worthwhile to anyone. Most organs are developing throughout all 40 weeks. Most abortions (89% in 2010) happen in the 1st trimester/12 weeks. (For amount comparison: A fetus is 3 inches long and 1oz in weight at the end of the first trimester.)
Fetuses do have fetal tissue, which can be used to make stem cells.
Stem cells are used to find cures and treatments for various diseases (like diabetes and Parkinson’s) and injuries (like crushed spinal cords.)
Fetal tissue has already been used to make many of our vaccines.
Planned Parenthood performs abortions and - if the patient permits it - donates the fetal tissue to organizations who wish to use it.
This includes people who need abortions for health reasons.
There are people who have lost their wanted pregnancies due to disease and conditions.
They may choose to donate fetal tissue to help others from suffering through the same heartache.
As noted above, fetal stem cells do a lot of good. Even if the person chooses a “therapeutic” abortion, they may donate the fetal tissue to help people with diseases, conditions, and injuries that may benefit from research.
Planned Parenthood is charging for storage, handling, and transportation of the specimen.
At $30 to $100, that’s a pretty minimal cost and reasonable.
Also, it’s perfectly legal.
Seriously, research that needs/uses fetal tissue may help hundreds, maybe thousands, of people.
Fetal tissue may be the key to treating and curing diseases,conditions, and injuries that affect thousands and their families.
Abortion is going to happen, anyway. Fetuses are going to die, anyway. Their tissue can help people.