Trump shuts down study that aims to find cure for HIV
I feel like each day gets worse--and it does with these behind the scene actions day after day, week after week.
Trump shuts down study that aims to find cure for HIV
https://thinkprogress.org/anti-abortion-movement-winning-battle-against-fetal-tissue-research-1388933ab96c/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c10337b04d3017c14ccdbe1&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
The anti-abortion movement is winning a quiet battle against fetal tissue research.
Amanda Michelle Gomez
Dec 10, 2018, 11:10 am Updated: Dec 11, 2018, 9:45 am
The anti-abortion movement has long tried to end government funding for fetal tissue research, an issue that became a major flash point in 2015 when a heavily edited video falsely claimed that Planned Parenthood is “selling aborted baby parts.”
Now, the Trump administration is curtailing the use of human fetal tissue in medical research, as part of an internal audit and comprehensive review of all policies at federal agencies. So far, the administration ordered scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to stop acquiring any new fetal tissue for research, and shut down at least one-government run study aimed at discovering a cure for HIV, as first reported by Science.
“This effectively stops all of our research to discover a cure for HIV,” said a Montana researcher in an email from late September, acquired by Science.................................
The anti-abortion movement has scored plenty of wins under the Trump administration. For example, the administration proposed a Reagan-era policy known as the “domestic gag rule,” which would prohibit Title X dollars from going to abortion providers. While the Senate’s confirmation of conservative federal judges is the most obvious assault on reproductive rights, there are other insidious ways the movement is leaving its mark.
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