Ten Years Later: Exposing Planned Parenthood’s Baby Body Part Trade—and Fighting Until Justice Is Done
Ten years ago yesterday—July 14, 2015—shocking undercover videos rocked the nation, revealing Planned Parenthood executives casually negotiating prices for the hearts, livers, brains, and lungs of aborted babies. Within hours, the footage sparked public outrage, prompting Congress to launch emergency hearings into the abortion industry’s gruesome trafficking in baby body parts.
Life Legal was there from day one.
As abortion giants moved to silence the Center for Medical Progress, Life Legal stepped in—providing expert legal counsel, challenging gag orders, and defending the courageous whistleblowers who exposed Planned Parenthood’s barbaric practices.
These ten years have made one thing clear: the abortion industry will spare no expense to conceal its atrocities. Thanks to your continued prayers and support, Life Legal remains on the front lines— defending pro-life heroes and exposing the abortion giant’s grisly commerce in baby body parts.
A decade later, the battle rages on.
It’s unconscionable, but even after Planned Parenthood officials described on video how they tear limbs from defenseless babies late in pregnancy and sell their organs, the abortion giant continued to receive hundreds of millions in taxpayer funding each year.
And the retaliation hasn’t stopped. Planned Parenthood and its use the courts, the media, and political power to punish truth-tellers and intimidate pro-life voices. The courtroom battles over the videos may be over, but the abortion industry is still waging war on those who dare to confront its brutal, profit-driven trade in human lives.
Life Legal continues to stand with these brave witnesses—because when the abortion industry is threatened, it plays dirty.
But change is finally coming.
We recently celebrated Congress’ historic passage of legislation to defund Planned Parenthood for one year. Although Planned Parenthood has temporarily blocked this provision in court, we remain confident of victory—especially since the Supreme Court recently affirmed states’ right to defund Planned Parenthood in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.
Here are just a few victories born out of the videos:
The undercover videos did more than expose Planned Parenthood’s trafficking in baby body parts—they helped ignite a wave of pro-life action. A California lawsuit sparked by the footage shut down illegal fetal tissue brokers DV Biologics and DaVinci Biosciences, resulting in a $7.8 million settlement. Congress launched multiple investigations and referred abortion providers for criminal prosecution. States passed new laws to ban fetal tissue sales, require humane burial of aborted babies, and limit late-term abortion. Most importantly, the videos helped shift public perception and strengthen the legal foundation that ultimately led to Dobbs v. Jackson—the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and gave states the power to protect life.
The 10 Year Anniversary Challenge
- Strategic litigation to strike down speechsuppressing gag laws and keep whistleblowers free to speak.
- Rapid response legal defense for sidewalk counselors, pregnancyhelp ministries, and pro-life prayer warriors under attack.
- Legal support for pro-lifers exposing gruesome experiments on late-term aborted babies, forcing transparency the abortion industry wants to avoid.
- Data driven research that unmasks the real dangers of chemical abortion and abortionindustry fraud.
- Education and training that equip students, medical professionals, attorneys, and the public to defend life with clarity and courage.