She said Planned Parenthood has contributed tremendously to research and cutting funding would restrict further opportunities for research, such as on premature babies.

Students at UNC have different opinions on the bill. UNC Sophomore Alicia Neal, who is against abortions, said she supported the bill. 

“I think abortions are wrong and selling fetal tissues and organs from aborted babies is repulsive," she said. 

But UNC sophomore Jordan Stinnett, who is pro-abortion rights, said the main issue isn't where the fetuses came from. Planned Parenthood has provided extensive medical research from their donations and any cuts to funding would do more bad than good, she said.

"I think this would be more of an issue if the fetal tissues/organs were donated without consent or knowledge of the parents,” she said. 

Jovonnie Quintero, another pro-abortion rights student and a UNC junior, said with regards to cuts to funding, people have forgotten that Planned Parenthood offers many resources to prevent more abortions than are operated.

This N.C. bill is a reaction to recent videos published by The Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group. The group created the videos through months of what it has called under-cover journalism, where they recorded conversations with Planned Parenthood officials. 

The videos allegedly expose Planned Parenthood’s organ harvesting business and have generated an anti-abortion sentiment nationwide.

But Stinnett and Quintero both said they were skeptical of the videos when they came out. 

Stinnett said the videos were framed in a way that used fear-tactics to scare people into believing they were factual.

“It’s not that the video is untrue, because Planned Parenthood was doing research on consensually donated fetal tissues," she said.

Quintero said he believes the media has manipulated and persuaded people solidly based on opinion, not facts.

“It is especially unfortunate in this situation because it adds to the many reasons why a woman’s choice is discredited and devalued,” he said. 

When asked about the possibility of the videos being false, Neal said the video creators could be in for some trouble. 

“I think that Planned Parenthood would have a right to sue for slander," she said.