The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee praised the board for its decision to withhold funds from 13 of 14 research proposals that involved the use of fetal tissue.
NIH board votes against funding most research proposals using fetal tissue
Groups call for end to use of aborted fetal tissue in animal research
A collection of pro-life groups Oct. 22 called for an end to the use of aborted fetal tissue in animal research.
NIH head’s defense of fetal tissue research ‘deeply disturbing’
An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said recent comments made by Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, in defending human fetal tissue research were “deeply disturbing.”