# 119-s-987: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025

119-s-987, Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-987
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Ban on federally supported research using human fetal tissue from induced abortion**. This bill would prohibit any federal department, agency, or office from conducting, funding, approving, or otherwise supporting research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from an induced abortion. It would also bar any entity from soliciting or knowingly acquiring such tissue and impose criminal penalties for violations. The measure preserves permission to develop new cell lines that are not derived from such tissue and allows research using tissue obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth, with limited transfers allowed for autopsy or burial. - Federal agencies and federally funded researchers would be barred from conducting, funding, approving, or otherwise supporting research that uses fetal tissue obtained from induced abortions. - Hospitals, biobanks, and labs would face criminal penalties if they solicit or knowingly accept donations of such tissue, though transfers for autopsy or burial are excepted. - The bill would rewrite parts of the Public Health Service Act to limit fetal-tissue research to tissue obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth, add explicit definitions (miscarriage means involuntary death before 20 weeks; stillbirth means 20 weeks or more), reorganize donation rules, and repeal Section 113 of the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New fetal tissue rules for researchers: mixed, medium. This bill would bar federal agencies from conducting, funding, approving, or supporting research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from an induced abortion. It would allow federal support for research using fetal tissue from miscarriages (loss before 20 weeks) and stillbirths (20 weeks or more)…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-s-9: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-987 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/987)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-587)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
- [119-s-9: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-9)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-987 (as of 2025-12-21).