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    Here's What You Should Know About Biden's New Rules For Fetal Tissue Research

    Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is reversing restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in medical research implemented under former President Trump.
    by Sarah McCammon Apr 16, 2021 2 minutes
    Human fetal tissue (stock photo)

    Fetal tissue is uniquely valuable to medical researchers - useful for developing treatments and better understanding diseases like HIV, Parkinson's, and COVID-19.

    But many anti-abortion rights groups oppose it on moral or religious grounds.

    Now, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says he's reversing several restrictions on fetal tissue research put in place during the Trump administration.

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