Restore fetal-tissue ethics board; end intramural aborted-tissue and hESC registry
Mandate calls to restore ethics advisory board limits on abortion-derived fetal tissue research, end NIH intramural aborted-tissue projects and embryonic stem-cell registry, ban three-parent embryos/cloning, and fund pro-life research agenda.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 14 (HHS) — NIH Bioethics Reform: restore ethics advisory committee for abortion-derived fetal tissue research and urge Congress to prohibit it; end intramural aborted-tissue research and human embryonic stem cell registry; ban three-parent embryo creation and human cloning research; reconvene National Council on Bioethics; create pro-life research agenda on abortion harms.
Undo plan
1) Rescind categorical bans on carefully regulated fetal tissue and embryonic stem-cell research that meet ethical and legal standards.
2) Restore NIH peer-review funding for scientific merit with existing human-subjects and embryo research rules.
3) Keep National Bioethics advisory capacity pluralistic, not single-agenda.
4) Maintain transparency on tissue sourcing and alternatives research without shutting productive lines.
5) Verify: NIH FOIA/funding dashboards; NAS or similar ethics review of reinstated programs.