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Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2021

Introduced: September 14, 2021 Introduced by: Hyde-Smith, Cindy Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Jan 28, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 28, 2021
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Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2021

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research that involves the use of human fetal tissue from an induced abortion.

The bill also prohibits soliciting or acquiring a donation of human fetal tissue from an induced abortion, other than for purposes of an autopsy or burial.

The bill applies requirements on the research of transplantation of fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes to research on fetal tissue in general.

What's happening now January 28, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 563 Identical bill Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2021
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 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Republican 19
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 14, 2021
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jan 28, 2021
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 28, 2021
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jan 28, 2021
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Jan 28, 2021
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 28, 2021
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Jan 28, 2021
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Jan 28, 2021
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Jan 28, 2021
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Jan 28, 2021
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Jan 28, 2021
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jan 28, 2021
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Jan 28, 2021
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jan 28, 2021
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jan 28, 2021
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 28, 2021
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Jan 28, 2021
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Jan 28, 2021
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Jan 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 77: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-77/
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"S. 77: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-77/.
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S. 77, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-77/.
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