To prohibit the Federal Government from conducting, funding, approving, or otherwise supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and to prohibit the solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of a donation of such tissue.
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Latest Action · January 31, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill would prohibit the federal government from conducting, funding, or supporting any research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from induced abortions. The legislation would allow federal research only on fetal tissue obtained from miscarriages or stillbirths, following existing regulations. It would also ban federal agencies and individuals from knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting donations of fetal tissue that came from induced abortions, with exceptions for autopsy and burial purposes. The bill would amend existing Public Health Service Act provisions to narrow the types of fetal tissue that can be used in federally supported research. This legislation would primarily affect medical researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and federal research institutions like the National Institutes of Health that conduct or fund studies involving fetal tissue.
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