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S. 987In committee
Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
Introduced: Mar 12, 2025
Latest action date: Mar 12, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Congress
- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Mar 12, 2025
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Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
This bill prohibits federal agencies from supporting research involving, and prohibits any entity from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.
Specifically, the bill prohibits any federal agency from conducting, funding, approving, or otherwise supporting research involving such tissue. Federal agencies may conduct or support research involving human fetal tissue obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth.
Additionally, the bill prohibits any entity from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting a donation of human fetal tissue where the entity knows it was obtained pursuant to an induced abortion. Entities violating this prohibition are subject to criminal penalties. The bill provides an exception for transfers for purposes of autopsy or burial.
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