The Biden administration is rolling back Trump-era restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in federally funded research, a move welcomed by some scientists but heavily criticized by pro-life advocates.
In a notice released April 16, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would end both a ban on NIH-funded research using fetal tissue procured from elective abortion and a layer of ethical review on such studies.
