Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit to "protect abortion access" of women in Ohio from politicians who are attempting to ban abortion.
Attorney General Mike DeWine reported that Planned Parenthood facilities in Cincinnati, Cloumbus and Cleveland improperly dispose fetal remains.
The attorney said that after four months of investigation of the three facilities, they found that the Columbus clinic contracted a company to heat the remaining tissue to kill the bacteria. Fetal remains were disposed in a Kentucky landfill according to the report.
Aborted fetuses were found from Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio in Mount Auburn according to DeWine in a report by USA Today.
Stephanie Knight, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, believes the report is just political in nature.
"Politicians in Ohio will stop at nothing to ban abortion in all cases in our state. Today, we're asking a federal court to prevent the state from this plainly political attempt to restrict women's access to safe and legal abortion," Knight said.
The investigation launched by DeWine in middle of July came after anti-abortions advocate released videos taken undercover showing Planned Parenthood personnel "negotiating the sale of fetal organs" according to a report by Fox News.
The center has also claimed that some fetal tissues were donated for medical research, but a state leader said that no donation program exists in Ohio. Such donations are illegal as well.
In the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood, Richard Hodges, state health director, was accused of abandoning his standard process of providing notice of alleged non-compliance and providing an opportunity to correct such issues."
"This sudden and targeted treatment is no doubt motivated by his animus to a woman's right to safe and legal abortion and to Planned Parenthood in particular," the lawyers wrote.
DeWine found no evidence that the Ohio Planned Parenthood made money from the fetal parts, but he insists the manner on how the remains were disposed. "I don't think most Ohioans believe this is a proper disposal, a humane disposal," he said in a report by Reuters.
