Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025
Chamber: United States Senate (The United States of America)
**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.
Sponsors
(11)
CHCindy Hyde-Smith
Republican · Primary
JRJames Risch
Republican · Primary
JLJames Lankford
Republican · Primary
JKJohn Kennedy
Republican · Primary
JHJosh Hawley
Republican · Primary
MMMarkwayne Mullin
Republican · Primary
SDSteve Daines
Republican · Primary
JBJohn Barrasso
Republican · Primary
KCKevin Cramer
Republican · Primary
JCJohn Cornyn
Republican · Cosponsor
Legislative Votes
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