Bishops Praise Trump's Defunding of Fetal Tissue Research

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) chairman has praised the Trump administration for their decision to withhold federal funding from proposals that would use fetal tissue. The Trump administration recommended that the National Institutes of Health Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board not allow the use of federal funding for 13 of 14 research proposals that would have used fetal tissue. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, who serves as chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said that this move is commendable for victims of abortion. Read more...


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