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Republican House Leaders Cancel Breast Cancer Research Bill amid Abortion Organ Sale Viral Video

Kwao Peppeh   |

Jul 15, 2015 11:51 AM EDT

Republican House leaders on Tuesday canceled a bill that would have seen the government minting thousands of pink plated gold coins to raise funds for breast cancer awareness. Conservatives expressed concerns that monies raised would be used to fund an abortion rights organization embroiled in controversy after a video of one of its top officials discussing the sale of body parts harvested from aborted fetuses went viral.