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The Trump administration will end fetal tissue research by government scientists

Government scientists will no longer conduct research using fetal tissue, granting the wishes of anti-abortion groups and overruling the concerns of scientists.
The National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md.

Government scientists will no longer conduct research using fetal tissue, the Trump administration said Wednesday, granting the wishes of anti-abortion groups and overruling the concerns of scientists.

The Department of Health and Human Services

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