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114-hr-3171114th Congress

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion.

Sponsored By: Representative Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]

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Summary

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from a spontaneous or induced abortion in research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health on the transplantation of fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes. (A spontaneous abortion is the death of a fetus before the age of viability, also known as a miscarriage.)

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]

WI • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 7/22/2015

  • Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 7/27/2015

  • Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]

    ME • R

    Sponsored 7/29/2015

  • Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2015

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