NIH-funded scientists who want to use fetal tissue in their studies will no longer face Trump-era restrictions favored by abortion opponents.
The Department of Health and Human Services is reversing a 2019 policy that effectively stopped the National Institutes of Health from funding research using tissue from aborted fetuses, according to a guide notice the NIH issued Friday.
“Because the HHS Secretary has determined there are no new ethical issues that require special review, HHS is reversing its 2019 decision that all research applications for NIH grants and contracts proposing the use of human fetal tissue from elective abortions be ...
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