Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 3/12/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-12Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-03-12Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-03-12 (00)
Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
This bill prohibits federal agencies from supporting research involving, and prohibits any entity from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.
Specifically, the bill prohibits any federal agency from conducting, funding, approving, or otherwise supporting research involving such tissue. Federal agencies may conduct or support research involving human fetal tissue obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth.
Additionally, the bill prohibits any entity from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting a donation of human fetal tissue where the entity knows it was obtained pursuant to an induced abortion. Entities violating this prohibition are subject to criminal penalties. The bill provides an exception for transfers for purposes of autopsy or burial.
Cosponsors (10)
- James Risch (R-ID)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
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