by Steven Ertelt, Life News
President Donald Trump has ended federal funding for research involving the use of aborted baby parts, a major victory for pro-life advocates that halts taxpayer support for such studies effective immediately.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the policy change today, which applies to all NIH grants, cooperative agreements, transaction awards, research and development contracts, and the NIH Intramural Research Program. The move prohibits the use of funds for research involving aborted baby parts obtained from elective abortions, while allowing ethical fetal tissue from sources such as miscarriages when donors consent.
“NIH is pushing American biomedical science into the 21st century,” NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said. “This decision is about advancing science by investing in breakthrough technologies more capable of modeling human health and disease. Under President Trump’s leadership, taxpayer-funded research must reflect the best science of today and the values of the American people.”
Bhattacharya emphasized ethical considerations in an interview, noting that the use of body parts from aborted babies has long created moral concerns.
“Now that there is better technology, there’s no scientific harm to this, we’re still going to be able to use the science we need … while at the same time getting rid of this use of aborted fetal tissue which so many people, including me, find morally abhorrent,” Bhattacharya said.
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