The Biden Administration Ends Limits on the Use of Fetal Tissue for Research
The decision reverses Trump administration rules and allows scientists to use tissue derived from elective abortions to develop treatments for diseases like cancer and AIDS.
A researcher at Johns Hopkins University analyzing both adult and fetal tissue.Credit...Patrick Semansky/Associated Press
April 17, 2021, 2:10 p.m. ET
The Biden administration on Friday lifted restrictions on the use of fetal tissue for medical research, reversing rules imposed in 2019 by President Donald J. Trump.
The new rules, disclosed by the National Institutes of Health, allow scientists to use tissue derived from elective abortions to study and develop treatments for diseases including diabetes, cancer, AIDS and Covid-19.