WIN: Trump Admin Ends Taxpayer Funding for Barbaric Experiments Using Fetal Tissue from Aborted Babies
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/win-trump-admin-ends-taxpayer-funding-barbaric-experiments/
In a major victory for pro-life advocates, animal welfare advocates, and fiscal conservatives, the Trump administration has officially ended all federal funding for scientific research that uses fetal tissue harvested from aborted babies.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya announced the complete ban on all funding across NIH grants, cooperative agreements, research contracts, and even the agency’s internal programs on Thursday.
The policy took effect immediately, pushing American biomedical research toward ethical alternatives, such as computational models.
Bhattacharya emphasized that only 77 projects using human fetal tissue received funding in Fiscal Year 2024, a significant drop from previous years, and assured that the shift to alternatives would not harm ongoing scientific advancements.
“NIH is pushing American biomedical science into the 21st century,” Bhattacharya said, according to a report from The Daily Wire. “This decision is about advancing science by investing in breakthrough technologies more capable of modeling human health and disease. Under President Trump’s leadership, taxpayer-funded research must reflect the best science of today and the values of the American people.”
Bhattacharya explained, “Now that there is better technology, there’s no scientific harm to this, we’re still going to be able to use the science we need … while at the same time getting rid of this use of aborted fetal tissue which so many people, including me, find morally abhorrent.”
The use of fetal tissue is not banned fully, only if it comes from an aborted baby. Continue…