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The National Institutes of Health Gateway Center is seen in Bethesda, Md., June 8, 2025. America's largest hospital entirely dedicated to clinical research announced Jan. 22, 2026, it would end the use of fetal tissue from elective abortions in NIH-supported research. (OSV News photo/Elizabeth Frantz, Reuters)

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Trump administration ends federally funded research with fetal tissue from elective abortions

January 23, 2026January 26, 2026

By OSV News WASHINGTON OSV News – The Trump administration Jan. 22 announced a policy ending the use of fetal tissue from elective abortions in federally funded research. The National Institutes of Health announced that "funds will no longer be used to support research involving human fetal tissue from elective abortions. The policy applies across…...

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