Swordsmyth
08-21-2020, 02:38 AM
The Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board, appointed by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, has blocked virtually every application for fetal tissue research to the HHS on ethical grounds.
Of the 15 members on the board, 10 reported have pronounced opposition to abortion fetal tissue research, and stem cell research. The board is chaired by Paige Comstock Cunningham, the interim president of Taylor University, an evangelical Christian university in Upland, Indiana.
Only one is a clear advocate for fetal tissue research. It is therefore not surprising that the board yesterday recommended barring all but one in a group of applications to do medical research using human fetal tissue donated after elective abortions.
The only proposal that passed by a nine-to-six vote was an attempt to develop an alternative to human fetal tissue.
More at: https://jonathanturley.org/2020/08/20/trump-board-rejects-13-of-14-proposals-for-fetal-tissue-research/
Of the 15 members on the board, 10 reported have pronounced opposition to abortion fetal tissue research, and stem cell research. The board is chaired by Paige Comstock Cunningham, the interim president of Taylor University, an evangelical Christian university in Upland, Indiana.
Only one is a clear advocate for fetal tissue research. It is therefore not surprising that the board yesterday recommended barring all but one in a group of applications to do medical research using human fetal tissue donated after elective abortions.
The only proposal that passed by a nine-to-six vote was an attempt to develop an alternative to human fetal tissue.
More at: https://jonathanturley.org/2020/08/20/trump-board-rejects-13-of-14-proposals-for-fetal-tissue-research/