Fox uses a completely separate for-profit company to falsely smear Planned Parenthood: http://t.co/TrbLzxYAZ7 pic.twitter.com/JnxqwL1vOB

— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 29, 2015

Fox News’ Shannon Bream falsely suggested that Planned Parenthood profits from the sale of fetal tissue, based on a misrepresented figure sourced from the website of a separate, for-profit middleman that occasionally interacts with some Planned Parenthood affiliates.

Following the release of the latest undercover video by the anti-abortion Center for Medical Process — which again falsely accuses Planned Parenthood of illegally profiting from the sale of fetal tissue for medical research — Bream reported on the July 28 edition of America’s Newsroom that while Planned Parenthood “says it has never made a profit” on the legal tissue donations, “there are things that raise questions.”

As evidence, she pointed to the website of a company called StemExpress, which “does business with Planned Parenthood affiliates,” where “you will see pricing for a fetal liver, in some cases, at over $24,000 for a single item”:

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But The New York Times explained that while for-profit companies like StemExpress often act as middlemen between the non-profit Planned Parenthood and medical researchers, Planned Parenthood itself only receives “small fees” to cover expenses: