Trump Administration Bars Federal Research Involving Human Fetal Tissue
National Institutes of Health research "that requires new acquisition of fetal tissue from elective abortions will not be conducted," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
by Bill Chappell
Jun 05, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 3:40 p.m. ET
The Trump administration is placing new restrictions on the use of human fetal tissue in medical research. Federal scientists working at the National Institutes of Health will be prohibited from obtaining new tissue samples from elective abortions for
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