S 987 119th Congress Senate Health

Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025

Introduced: March 12, 2025 Introduced by: Hyde-Smith, Cindy Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov

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

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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.

What's happening now March 12, 2025

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

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STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION
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SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
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STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION
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SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
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STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION
for STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 10

Cornyn, John

Texas · Sep 3, 2025

Barrasso, John

Wyoming · Mar 12, 2025

Cramer, Kevin

North Dakota · Mar 12, 2025

Daines, Steve

Montana · Mar 12, 2025

Hawley, Josh

Missouri · Mar 12, 2025

Kennedy, John

Louisiana · Mar 12, 2025

Lankford, James

Oklahoma · Mar 12, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 987: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-987/

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"S. 987: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-987/.

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