'Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump's administration,' HHS wrote.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would ban the use of human fetal tissue in all scientific and medical research by government scientists.
HHS also announced they would not renew a fetal tissue research contract with the University of California at San Francisco that expired today. The school's chancellor, Sam Hawgood, said in a statement that UCSF"strongly opposes today's abrupt decision." It is unclear if they plan on ending contracts with other universities.
A group of demonstrators gather during a pro-life rally outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Center on June 4, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri.The change in protocol is a win for anti-abortion advocates who have made the end of human fetal tissue research a top priority. They claim that stem cells or voluntary tissue taken from infants who undergo heart surgery can replace fetal tissue in research.
In December, the National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said that there is"strong evidence that scientific benefits come from fetal tissue research."
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