Scientists are dismayed — but anti-abortion activists are celebrating — after the Trump administration barred government scientists from research using fetal tissue obtained from abortions
The Trump administration Wednesday imposed new restrictions on federal use of fetal tissue obtained from abortions, barring government scientists at NIH from doing such research, and canceling an existing HIV research contract with the University of California, San Francisco.
Anti-abortion groups — which had pushed the Trump administration to cancel all contracts that involved fetal tissue research, arguing that the work is unethical — celebrated the move. “This is a major pro-life victory," Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said. "There is no evidence that the use of donated tissue from fetal remains has any effect on whether women choose abortions, and no evidence that decades of research using donated tissue has ever led to an increase in the number of abortions," said Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin.
The White House said that the administration was unified on its new fetal tissue policy. “This was the President’s decision, not a Joe Grogan or Alex Azar decision,” said deputy press secretary Judd Deere.
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