Introduce Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding this unethical research
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today introduced the Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act to prohibit the use of federal taxpayer dollars from funding research involving human fetal tissue obtained during an abortion and to close loopholes in the law that have allowed the trafficking of the body parts of aborted children to persist.
“No federal dollars should fund or support research involving human fetal tissue obtained from an abortion,” said Risch. “The Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act will prevent these egregious acts from receiving a single taxpayer dollar.”
“The harvesting and trafficking of the body parts of unborn babies killed through abortion is heinous and unethical.” Hyde-Smith said. “Taxpayer dollars for medical research should be spent on research that will deliver results for enhancing quality of life, instead of devaluing life for the sake of research. This legislation would stop the Biden administration’s gross abuse of taxpayer funds.”
The bill would prohibit all federal agencies from conducting, funding, approving, or otherwise supporting research involving human fetal tissue obtained from abortions, and close loopholes in federal law that the abortion industry has exploited to sell the body parts of aborted children for research. The bill only applies to fetal tissue from abortions. Research on human fetal tissue from stillbirths and miscarriages remains permitted.
U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) are original cosponsors of the legislation.
The measure is supported by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Americans United for Life, Catholic Vote, March for Life Action, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Students for Life Action, and Concerned Women for America LAC.
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