Through the efforts of our friends at Life Dynamics, Inc., the details of this trade have come to light. Some of the forms request that there be no abnormalities . Many mistakenly think that abortions in later stages of pregnancy are performed only in cases of fetal abnormality. This material is then shipped to researchers working for universities, pharmaceutical companies and government agencies. Although it is against federal law to sell human tissue or body parts, these organizations have devised a system to circumvent this restriction.
Profit is realized by the wholesalers' ability to set their own retrieval fees.