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The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it is ending support for all research that makes use of human fetal tissue, eliminating funding for projects both within and outside of the agency.
A ban instituted in June 2019 by the first Trump administration ended all research done at the N.I.H. and led to the rejection of most external grant proposals. It was lifted in 2021 by President Joseph R. Biden Jr., restoring financing and allowing scientists to conduct research using tissue from elective abortions to study and develop treatments for diseases.
The new ban terminates support for all “grants, cooperative agreements, other transaction awards and research and development contracts,” according to an N.I.H. statement.
“N.I.H. will no longer support research using human fetal tissue,” it said.
The agency did not immediately respond to a request for a comment and further clarification.
Human fetal tissue has been used to study cancer, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, birth defects, blindness and other disorders, and to test new treatments and develop vaccines. Drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis and hemophilia...