House panel in fetal tissue probe issues more subpoenas

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special House panel investigating fetal tissue donation by such groups as Planned Parenthood has issued 12 more subpoenas to organizations that the Republican leading the probe says have not fully cooperated with requests for information.

The panel headed by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said Wednesday that targets of the subpoenas include StemExpress, a company that provides fetal tissue to researchers; Ganogen Inc., a biotechnology firm and the BioMedical Research Institute of America, which helps set standards for the work.

An effort by congressional Republicans to kill federal funding for Planned Parenthood was vetoed by President Barack Obama.

Planned Parenthood has said it has done nothing illegal, and investigations so far by several congressional committees and states have uncovered no evidence of crimes.