Biden Reverses Ban on Research Using Tissue From Aborted Fetuses

The Biden administration on Friday announced that it was ending a federal ban on funding research that uses tissue from aborted children, An announcement from the National Institutes of Health said that the Human Fetal…

IJR SyndicatedApr 18, 20213 min read

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Mummery said research should be “insulated from political interference” and that the Biden administration’s actions were a “return to evidence-based policymaking.”

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday foreshadowed the new rules.

“We believe that we have to do the research it takes to make sure that we are incorporating innovation and getting all of those types of treatments and therapies out there to the American people,” he said while testifying at a budget hearing on Capitol Hill, according to The Post.

Tom McClusky, president of March for Life Action, called the Biden administration’s action “a gross violation of human dignity.”

“The government has no business creating a marketplace for aborted baby body parts,” he said, according to The Post.

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, called Becerra “a fanatical advocate for Abortion.”

David Prentice, who had served on the now-defunct board, called the reversal of the Trump-era policy “a sad turn of events.”

“Now, taxpayer funds will be used for research that is poor ethics and poor science. We’ve just backed away from any sort of ethical consideration around this issue,” he said, according to The Post.

Prentice said morality was not the only issue.

“We’re trafficking in aborted fetal tissue for antiquated experiments,” he said.

In a news release, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, said the move was a way for the Biden administration to “pay back their Abortion industry allies,” but said there would be a political price.

“Pro-Abortion Democrats push this deeply unpopular agenda at their own political peril,” she said.

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