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Conservatives didn't invite Planned Parenthood to appear at the first of the "defund Planned Parenthood" congressional hearings Wednesday, The Guardian reports.

Two "abortion survivors" and "experts on the issues surrounding the alleged acts of Planned Parenthood" will speak before the House judiciary committee. Yet, actual Planned Parenthood representatives were not invited.

The hearing is the first of several that House committees will hear as anti-abortion conservatives aim to cut the organization's federal funding, per USA Today.

Those hearings are the result of a July video release that, according to the anti-abortion activist group the Center for Medical Progress, proves Planned Parenthood illegally profits from selling fetal tissue.

Portions of the undercover videos produced by the center show officials with Planned Parenthood discussing methods for recovering various types of fetal tissue from abortions as well as fees charged to research groups to obtain that tissue, USA Today reports.

Planned Parenthood claims the videos were heavily edited to deceive viewers.

“For 15 years anti-abortion activists have been trying to manufacture public outrage, and for 15 years their attacks have fallen apart upon closer inspection,” Dawn Laguens, executive vice-president for Planned Parenthood Federation of America said in a statement.