Unethical Practices Researchers must work closely with vendors to get the tissue that they need. Undercover interviews from Life Dynamics suggest that fetal tissue vendors must work together with the researchers to ship the tissue via Fed-Ex. They permit the shipment of liquids like blood and urine and some other materials for diagnostic purposes only. In another of the interviews, the president of Opening Lines admits that buying fetal tissue is illegal, and he goes on to explain the method by which companies get around the law. Since Senator Smith s revelations in the Senate and the House resolution to investigate these practices, Opening Lines has vacated their offices in West Frankfurt, Illinois, and their forwarding phone numbers are not available.
Researchers use fetal tissue in pursuit of noble ends.
Knowledge about liver cancer or Parkinson s disease, for instance, is increased greatly from the use of fetal tissue in research. Congress passed a resolution urging members to investigate the practices of companies that deal in baby body parts. Some of these baby-parts companies have been accused of working with abortion clinics and having procedures altered for the sake of the desired tissue.