US Health Group Ends Acceptance of Money for Aborted Fetal Tissue

A U.S. women's reproductive health group, bowing to protests from anti-abortion activists, said Tuesday that it would no longer accept any payments from companies that use aborted fetal tissue for scientific research aimed at curing diseases. Planned Parenthood, which performs abortions and provides health services for 2.7 million women in the U.S., has long said it did not sell the tissue for profit, but accepted payments to cover its expenses. The group now says it also will not...

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