Democrats Demand Lift on Fetal Tissue Research Restrictions

Vital scientific research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal cord injuries, and Parkinson’s disease are at risk of stalling if the Biden administration doesn’t lift restrictions to use fetal tissue in clinical research, 26 Democrats said in a letter sent to the HHS Tuesday.

The Department of Health and Human Services banned scientists who work for the National Institutes of Health from using fetal tissue in 2019. A Trump-era policy also severely curtailed access to federal funding for outside scientists looking to use fetal tissue in biomedical research. When a new administration took over, scientists hoped President Joe Biden would ...