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New Records Show Obama Admin Purchased Aborted Babies’ Heads for $515 Each

Judicial Watch announced today that it received 198 pages of records and communications from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) involving “humanized mice” research with human fetal heads, organs and tissue, including communications and contracts with human fetal tissue provider Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR). Most of the records are communications and related attachments between Perrin Larton, a procurement manager for ABR, and research veterinary medical officer Dr. Kristina Howard of the FDA.

Judicial Watch received the records through a March 2019 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, of which the FDA is a part (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department Health and Human Services (No. 1:19-cv-00876)). The lawsuit asks for all contracts and related documentation on disbursement of funds, procedural documents and communications between FDA and ABR for the provision of human fetal tissue to be used in humanized mice research. After successfully opposing the FDA’s redaction of certain information from its records, a federal court ordered HHS to release additional information about its purchases of organs harvested from aborted human fetuses – including “line item prices,” or the price per organ the government paid to ABR. The court also found “there is reason to question” whether the transactions violate federal law barring the sale of fetal organs. Documents previously uncovered in this lawsuit show that the federal government demanded the purchased fetal organs be “fresh and never frozen.”)

The records include an FDA generated contract with ABR, based on a “requisition” it issued on July 27, 2012, for $12,000 worth of “tissue procurement for humanized mice,” indicates the requisition was for a “non-competitive award.” Although the initial award was for $12,000, the total estimated amount of funds allocated for the requisition was $60,000. Under “Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition,” the FDA writes:

Scientists within the FDA and in the larger field of humanized mouse research have searched extensively over the past several years and ABR is the only company in the U.S. capable of supplying tissues suitable for HM research. No other company or organization is capable of fulfilling the need.***

Costs are estimated [for the fetal parts] at $230 per tissue x two tissues per shipment = $460 plus $95 shipping = $555 per shipment. A total of 21 shipments = $11,655.00.

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Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

The Texas sheriff’s office that used Flock to search more than 80,000 cameras nationwide for a woman who had a self-administered abortion used Axon’s Draft One AI tool to help write a police report about the incident, documents shared with 404 Media show. The tool was used in part to summarize a discussion of “the legal implications of the situation.”

404 Media first reported on the incident in May 2025 in which the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas searched Flock’s nationwide network for the whereabouts of a woman who self-administered an abortion, highlighting the threat of this AI-powered surveillance system being used to criminalize or track women seeking reproductive healthcare. The use of both Flock and Axon’s Draft One, which uses audio from body camera footage to automatically draft police reports using artificial intelligence, shows how quickly police departments have come to use AI surveillance tools even in critically sensitive cases.

“I acknowledge this report was generated using Draft One by Axon,” a section of the report reads.

The abortion case has since become a flashpoint in the controversy over the use of Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras. Flock’s CEO, Garrett Langley, has repeatedly and erroneously suggested that 404 Media misreported the case and that the search was done only for the woman’s safety because her family was worried about her. 404 Media previously reported that the entire police investigation was done at the behest of the woman’s abusive partner and that police discussed whether they were allowed to charge her with a crime: “It was discussed at the time with the District Attorney’s office and learned the State could not statutorily charge [the woman] for taking the pill to cause the abortion,” a police report previously obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and shared with 404 Media said. Concern from her family is never mentioned in that earlier police report or in the AI-generated police report used to write this article.

The AI-generated incident report was obtained by journalist Cameron Probert of the Tri-City Herald and shared with 404 Media. The report shows there is extensive body camera and audio evidence that would clarify what happened in the case, and that at least one police officer, sergeant Damien Bethel, used Draft One to write his report on the incident. Parts of a police incident report show that Draft One was used to summarize a discussion between police over “the legal implications of the situation” and other investigative aspects of the case. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department has repeatedly refused to release body camera footage from the case, including in response to 404 Media’s public records requests.

“Deputies discussed the legal implications of the situation, noting that while the girlfriend self-administered the abortion pill, there were no criminal charges applicable under current Texas law,” Bethel’s report states, providing no more details about the specifics of the discussion. “Deputies also considered the possibility of a civil lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company that supplied the pill.”

Bethell’s Draft One report further states, “There is digital multi-media evidence from Body Worn Camera footage of this call for service in the AXON Evidence Library. There is digital multi-media evidence of In-Car Camera footage of this call for service in the AXON Evidence Library or the WatchGuard Evidence Library. There were digital images captured while on the scene.” The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department has thus far refused to release even redacted versions of this evidence that the EFF and 404 Media have separately requested.

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Radical Abortion Group With Ties to Biden Officials and Shady Hedge Fund Faces Investigation and Lawsuit for Advertising Illegal Abortion Pills in Plane Stunt

A radical left abortion group founded and led by ex-Biden officials is coming under fire by Kentucky’s top law enforcement official after an “illegal” stunt advertising abortion pills at the state fair. 

New York-based Mayday Health was founded following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by former Biden White House Traveling Content Director Olivia Raisner, former Biden-Harris campaign speechwriter Sam Koppelman, and Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz.

Last weekend, Mayday Health promoted the trafficking of abortion pills into the state, bypassing an existing law in Kentucky that bans the sale of the deadly drugs, Kentucky Today reports.

The banner, which advertised “Abortion Pills By Mail” with a link to Mayday Health’s webpage, was seen flying over the Kentucky State Fair last weekend.

Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman responded to the incident on X, writing, “It appears abortion activists are flying over Louisville advertising illegal drugs.”

“They are breaking the law,” he added. 

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Missouri Using Taxpayer Dollars on Anti-Abortion Ads

This is wild: the Missouri Attorney General’s office not only used taxpayer dollars for an anti-abortion ad—they also wrote said advertisement with an extremist organization that doesn’t believe in life-saving abortions. Buckle up.

KSDK News reports that an ad released by AG Catherine Hanaway’s office tells viewers that “abortion clinics in Missouri are not required to meet the same basic medical standards as other healthcare facilities.”

It’s not a coincidence that Hanaway released the ad now: in November, voters will decide on a ballot measure that would codify an abortion ban into the state constitution. As you probably remember, Missouri voters already passed a pro-choice ballot measure in 2024, but Republicans have been trying to repeal it ever since. This new ballot measure is their latest attempt. They even named the proposed ban Amendment 3, because that’s what the pro-choice measure was called. (They’re hoping to trick voters into supporting an abortion ban.)

Here’s the thing: Missouri law prevents state officials from using public funds to support or oppose a ballot measure. In other words, the ad is illegal. But Hanaway claims the ad doesn’t run afoul of Missouri law because it doesn’t mention the ballot measure by name.

“It says absolutely nothing about a ballot measure,” she told KSDK. This is exactly what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in 2024, when he illegally used state funds to launch a disinformation website against the pro-choice ballot measure Amendment 4. He insisted that everything on the site was “factual” and that it wasn’t “weighing in on any particular measure, whether you should vote for or against something.” (As you’ll see later in the newsletter, a grand jury just found that the DeSantis administration misappropriated funds for this campaign.)

If the Missouri GOP doesn’t care about the law, maybe they’ll care about bad PR: to write the ad, Hanaway’s office enlisted the help of the American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNs (AAPLOG). This is a group that believes that emergency contraception and IUDs are really abortions, that raped children should be forced to give birth, and that women with life-threatening pregnancies should be given c-sections instead of standard abortions—even when it’s too early for a fetus to survive.

Why? Because they don’t believe in life-saving abortions. In fact, they claim abortion is never necessary to save a woman’s life.

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RFK Jr. Fact Checks Democratic Governor Who Claimed ‘There Is No Fetal Tissue’ in MMR Vaccine

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fact-checked Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro after he claimed that there is “no fetal tissue” in the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, known as MMR.

During a Tuesday news conference, Shapiro accused Kennedy of spreading vaccine misinformation and tied it to the deaths of two people in Lancaster County, which he said were “measles-associated,” a claim county officials have since disputed.

In a phone call with Kennedy, the governor recounted, “I was very, very blunt with him and I made very clear that his actions and the rhetoric that’s coming from this administration are having a negative impact on communities across America, particularly right here in Pennsylvania.”

“There’s real life consequences to spreading misinformation. There are real-life consequences to scaring people and not relying on actual doctors and actual medical professionals to provide unbiased information to parents so that we can make reasonable decisions for our kids,” he added.

“Sharing conspiracy theories and misinformation does not help the cause of public health,” Shapiro said.

Kennedy responded with a post on X, writing, “At his press conference today, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro accused me of promoting conspiracy theories because I told him, during an earlier telephone conversation, that some Americans had religious objections to the MMR vaccine because it contained fetal tissue. ‘There is no fetal tissue in the MMR,’ he told me.”

The post included video testimony from Dr. Stanley Plotkin, who developed the rubella component of the MMR vaccine, according to the Smithsonian.

“Plotkin admits to butchering 76 aborted normally developing fetuses, all over three months old, in just one of the many studies that led to the development of his vaccine,” RFK Jr. wrote.

“The rubella virus used in MMR-II is grown on the cultured cell line composed of lung tissue from an aborted three-month-old female embryo and listed as ‘WI-38 human diploid lung fibroblasts’ in the ingredients of MMR-II as portions of these cells end up in each vial of MMR II,” Kennedy added.

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Dr. Stanley Plotkin, the World’s Leading Vaccinologist, Under Oath

For those who don’t know, Dr. Stanley Plotkin is the world’s leading vaccinologist, whom I’ve had the opportunity to depose. Here are a few clips of Dr. Plotkin answering questions about vaccines and autism, aborted fetal tissue used in vaccine development, and health outcomes among vaccinated and unvaccinated children:

Who is Stanley Plotkin

Vaccines and Autism

Clinical Trials of Hep B Vaccine

Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Study

Full 9-hour Deposition

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OUTRAGE: Far-Left NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill Signs Draconian Law That Will Effectively Block People from Praying Outside Abortion Centers

The radical Left’s relentless war on religious freedom and the unborn has reached a terrifying new level in New Jersey.

Far-left Governor Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) signed sweeping legislation Thursday that creates harsh new criminal and civil penalties for alleged “interference” with abortion and transgender medical procedures.

Pro-life leaders warn the measure could be weaponized to frighten Christians and sidewalk counselors away from peacefully praying outside abortion facilities.

Sherrill signed S2260/A2218, which creates a new criminal offense called “interference with reproductive health care services.”

The Democrat governor claimed the legislation was necessary to protect abortionists and their patients.

“We have seen attacks from the Trump Administration and other states on access to reproductive and gender affirming healthcare, and attempts to impose restrictions across state borders. Here in New Jersey, we are standing firm in defense of reproductive freedoms – including the right to choose and the right to receive gender-affirming care,” Sherrill said in an official statement.

“No one should fear intimidation or violence for seeking healthcare, and no healthcare professional should fear punishment from another state for providing care that is legal in New Jersey. With this legislation, we are making clear that New Jersey will protect patients, providers, and the fundamental freedom to make personal healthcare decisions.”

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WHO WANTS TO TELL HER? Celebrity Dimwit Chelsea Handler Warns AG Todd Blanche Will Overturn Roe v. Wade

Celebrity and alleged comedian Chelsea Handler recently proclaimed that if confirmed, Attorney General Todd Blanche will overturn Roe. v. Wade.

Handler made the comments during an appearance on the Pivot podcast with leftist commentator Kara Swisher.

First of all, Blanche has already been confirmed, but perhaps this was recorded before that happened. More important, is the fact that the Dobbs case, which went before the United States Supreme Court resulted in the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.

How could Handler possibly not know this?

Mediaite reports:

Comedienne Chelsea Handler was roasted by the right after she fretted on a recent podcast about Attorney General Todd Blanche overturning Roe v Wade — despite the Supreme Court already doing so in 2022.

Handler joined Kara Swisher on her Pivot podcast in an episode released on Friday, and during a discussion about Joe Rogan and right-leaning podcasters, Handler shared her concerns about Blanche, who was recently confirmed in his role as attorney general.

Handler said about Blanche:

We’re gonna get Todd Blanche. He’s gonna be confirmed and what’s he — he’s gonna overturn Roe v Wade. We’re all sitting around, all these men who have these powerful platforms are sitting around and watching this happen to women, to communities that you could instead be supporting. You don’t have to, like, turn over a whole new leaf, it’s just about being a decent human being.

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Democrat Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Signs Bill Legalizing Abortion Throughout Pregnancy

Democrat Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill on Monday that legalizes abortions in the state throughout the duration of pregnancy.

The bill, called “An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care” or H.5595, ultimately allows unborn babies to be aborted throughout pregnancy and strikes down the state’s current 24-week limit, which had exceptions for the life of the mother and a deadly fetal diagnosis. Under the bill, doctors have the discretion to decide whether or not to perform a late-term abortion.

“Today, mothers and fathers and families who experience these devastating diagnoses — and they are devastating, heartbreaking — now they’ll be able to make their own choices,” Healey said, according to a WCVB report.

“I promise that no matter what Donald Trump or Republicans in Congress or the Supreme Court does, we’re going to continue to make sure that women and families have access to the health care that they need right here in Massachusetts,” Healey said during the signing ceremony.

Massachusetts joins Alaska, Vermont, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington, DC, in allowing unborn babies to be aborted throughout the entire pregnancy.

The bill passed the Democrat-dominated state House and Senate last month. 

“It’s a very sad day in the commonwealth of Massachusetts,” Republican state Rep. Alyson Sullivan-Almeida said at the time. “The precedent that we’re setting is that a mother can get an abortion up until the moment of birth for a healthy, viable baby.” 

SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser mourned the news of the governor’s signature on the radical bill. 

“It should shock the conscience that tens of thousands of unborn Americans are barbarically dismembered limb by limb and torn apart every single year. Sadly, that number will only increase with Gov. Healey’s approval of the Abortion Up Until Birth Bill,” Dannenfelser said in a statement. “The GOP must abandon the ‘leave it to the states’ position — a stance that permits egregious late-term abortion laws like this one — and advance national protections for unborn children. Without a minimum national standard, the United States remains 1 of only 8 countries worldwide that allows abortion at any point in pregnancy. We must do all we can to turn the page on America’s ugly chapter of late-term abortion.”

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Planned Parenthood Comes Up With Sick New Euphemism for Abortion

One of the left’s favorite fronts to fight the culture war is language.

They have seen great success in sowing confusion and disharmony by manipulating words, distorting words from their original meaning, and striking words from the vernacular deemed offensive or politically incorrect.

A new development on that front comes from the pro-abortion organization Planned Parenthood.

It was not bad enough that this is arguably the most prominent advocate and culprit in carrying out child murder in history. They now have a more benign term for doing it.

On Monday, the Planned Parenthood official page on social media platform Facebook posted a message which reads, “Reproductive freedom means every person gets to decide what’s right for their own body. No exceptions.”

An image was also posted saying, “Abortion is gender-affirming care.”

That’s certainly a new one. “Gender-affirming care” usually relates to bodily harm done to people — who are often mentally ill — believing they are members of the opposite sex.

Among those practices are barbaric procedures like double mastectomies or outright genital mutilation.

How does Planned Parenthood believe this euphemism relates to child murder?

The rhetoric from abortionists seeks to empower women. Are women affirming their gender by killing their children? To try to understand the message is to try to understand madness.

The comments are highly critical of the organization.

One Facebook user asked, “What does that even mean?”

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