Letter to Pitt’s Board of Trustees

The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation sent the following letter along with thousands of petition signatures on October 15, 2021.

Dear Trustees,

Enclosed please find the names ofthousands of people who have signed our petition calling on the University ofPittsburgh to cease its research using the body parts of aborted babies.

These gruesome experiments, whichinclude grafting human scalps onto laboratory mice, are unethical and aviolation of time-tested principles of responsible research.

We are especially troubled bypublished reports alleging that human organs were harvested from babies whosehearts were still beating. These reports, based on documentation collected bythe Center for Medical Progress and Judicial Watch, raise significant questionsabout whether the research at issue is in violation of state and federalstatutes.

We have learned that you have hiredan outside legal firm to investigate this research. But we are mystified byreports that the results of that investigation may not be released to thepublic. In the interest of complete transparency, we further call on you tomake public the findings of this investigation.

As taxpayers whose hard-earned tax dollars help to support the University of Pittsburgh, we call upon you to stop conducting dehumanizing research using aborted baby body parts.

Sincerely,

Susan Rogacs                                                                    Michael Ciccocioppo

President, Board of Directors                                             Executive Director