President Donald Trump ended the use of human fetal tissue harvested from abortions in research done by the National Institutes of Health.
“NIH will no longer support research using human fetal tissue,” the agency announced in a statement Thursday.
Human fetal tissues include organs, cells, and body parts culled from an aborted baby.
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The new policy applies to all internal NIH research, as well as all agency-supported outside research, including grants and development contracts.
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said the change reflects the agency’s commitment to ensuring that research supported by taxpayers is “ethically sound” as well as scientifically rigorous.
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