Shortly after he took office, President Bill Clinton lifted a five-year ban on fetal tissue research imposed by Presidents Reagan and Bush. The fight flared again in 2015, after anti-abortion activists released doctored videos they secretly took, purporting to show Planned Parenthood officials discussing plans to illegally sell aborted fetal tissue for research. House Republicans began an investigation of the fetal-tissue market; a number of states also investigated but found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood.
Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 2 House Republican, declared, "The government has no business subsidizing researchers that traffic the body parts of aborted babies."
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