Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
Rep. Onder Introduces Bill to Ban Federal Funding for Research Using Fetal Tissue from Abortions
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The bill does not directly change access to abortion or pregnancy care, but it reshapes the landscape of fetal tissue donation after abortion. Women who have abortions would no longer be able to donate fetal tissue for federally supported research, which some view as removing a potential ethical concern and others see as limiting personal choice about tissue disposition.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
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