• Many people were shocked to watch the comments by Dr. Deborah Nucatola, the Senior Director of Medical Research at Planned Parenthood, on the abortionist trafficking of the organs of unborn children (see below for the original footage). (premierchristianity.com)
  • Many people will focus on the legal side of these revelations: whether the video shows that Planned Parenthood are breaking U.S. law against selling human fetal tissue, or at the very least the Federal regulations that prohibit altering the timing or method of an abortion for the sole purpose of later using the tissue in research. (premierchristianity.com)
  • The Obama administration has steadfastly defended Planned Parenthood and its taxpayer funding throughout the scandal exposing its sales of aborted babies and their body parts for research. (lifenews.com)
  • According to the report in Politico , one of the biotech firms mentioned in the undercover videos identified as a fetal tissue supplier Planned Parenthood sold aborted babies to earned at least $300,000 from federal governmental agencies after selling fetal tissue to them. (lifenews.com)
  • Officials say they are unsure if the specific fetal tissue sold to the Obama administration came from babies aborted at Planned Parenthood. (lifenews.com)
  • As a report in The Stream indicates: "Under the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 , the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should be performing audits on Planned Parenthood, since Planned Parenthood is involved in research on aborted fetuses and HHS is supporting its work with funding. (lifenews.com)
  • The Stream filed its FOIA request with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of HHS in July, asking for documents and emails related to Planned Parenthood and the audits. (lifenews.com)
  • If this is accurate, what about all the harvesting of fetal body parts that Planned Parenthood itself categorizes as research? (lifenews.com)
  • Most of the emails appear to be internal discussions about how to respond to reporters' questions about Planned Parenthood selling fetal tissue and responses to reporters - essentially coordinated talking points for damage control within various divisions of HHS and even within the FDA. (lifenews.com)
  • Specialized family planning organizations like Planned Parenthood could access this funding only if there was no one else willing to offer contraception and family planning services in the area. (texastribune.org)
  • But at the same time, legislators tried to remove Planned Parenthood from the Women's Health Program, another funding stream that helped low-income women access contraception. (texastribune.org)
  • The vote followed the release of deceptively edited videos produced by the anti-choice group Center for Medical Progress (CMP), which targeted Planned Parenthood officials and fetal tissue procurement companies. (mediamatters.org)
  • CMP has claimed that its videos show that Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue and altering abortion procedures in order to profit from the sale of fetal tissue. (mediamatters.org)
  • CMP's deceptively edited videos have spurred at least 13 states to launch investigations into Planned Parenthood's operations, even though there are "only three states in which Planned Parenthood affiliate clinics can participate in fetal tissue donation programs," according to Yahoo News. (mediamatters.org)
  • Daleiden was also indicted on a misdemeanor charge related to his offers to Planned Parenthood officials in Texas to purchase human organs. (mediamatters.org)
  • A supporter of stem cell research who voted to legalize the use of fetal tissue for that very purpose, Senator Hatch led the bogus Republican witch hunt into Planned Parenthood in 2015. (perrspectives.com)
  • Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson said that despite Republican-controlled legislatures passing "diabolical" restrictive abortion laws, her organization would "fight" to make sure women have access to abortions. (familywatch.org)
  • I've said it all along and will say it again: The antiabortion "sting" videos purporting to trap Planned Parenthood into admitting it harvests and sells aborted fetal parts for profit were as malicious as they were untrue. (latimes.com)
  • Asked to investigate Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, a branch of one of the country's most important healthcare providers for women, the grand jury found no wrongdoing on the part of the group, whose staffers were secretly videotaped talking about the cost of procuring fetal tissue for research. (latimes.com)
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America's senior director of medical services, Deborah Nucatola, was secretly videotaped as she ate lunch with people she believed to be executives from an Irvine human biologics company. (latimes.com)
  • Considering the great potential of embryonic stem cell research, it is argued here that their research be allowed to be legal, federally funded, and its development a national priority. (nhsjs.com)
  • The controversy over embryonic stem cell research is caused by the fact that the procurement of these stem cells involves the destruction of the embryo produced during in vitro fertilization. (nhsjs.com)
  • In the United States currently embryonic stem cell research is allowed but there has been a lot of public controversy and legal setbacks. (nhsjs.com)
  • This newer bill calls for prioritizing federally assisted advancement of embryonic stem cell research ( 1). (nhsjs.com)
  • Additionally, there have been two executive orders focusing on embryonic stem cells, one released by President George W. Bush prohibiting embryonic stem cell research and related federal funding, the other by President Barack Obama reversing the previous order but still with restrictions in place ( 2). (nhsjs.com)
  • The legislation, called the "heartbeat bill," would have prohibited abortions at the first detectable heartbeat, or as early as six weeks of pregnancy. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • A new bill outlawing abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected was signed 10 days earlier by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (dailysignal.com)
  • However, these abortions later in pregnancy may still occur for a number of reasons including previously undiagnosed pregnancy, medical complications, or severe fetal abnormality, as well as the inability to obtain an earlier abortion due to financial limitations, difficulty finding a provider, or delays caused by parental consent or waiting requirements. (columbia.edu)
  • President Trump is aggressively anti-choice, believing that women should not have access to legal and safe abortions. (trumpresearchbook.com)
  • These requests relied on the use of fetal cells in the testing and/or development of COVID vaccines based on the students' sincerely held religious objection to elective abortions. (sullivanmahoney.com)
  • FCCB is pursuing amendments to better reflect the dignity of human embryos created in this process. (flaccb.org)
  • Such cells are derived from human embryos, and are undifferentiated, unlike other specialized cells in the human body. (nhsjs.com)
  • Proponents of stem cell research claim that the blastocyst is not human yet, and the embryos used for stem cell harvest are typically leftover from in vitro fertilization procedures with minimal chance that a human could ever develop from them. (nhsjs.com)
  • Adversaries of stem cell research argue that embryos are human and destroying one is equal to murdering a child. (nhsjs.com)
  • There are many types of stem cells, but most of the controversy surrounds embryonic stem cells, as they are derived from human embryos. (nhsjs.com)
  • The source of embryos is from those fertilized in vitro , and then donated for research with donor consent. (nhsjs.com)
  • Proponents, on the other hand, believe that embryos have not yet been guaranteed their human rights because they are only blastocysts, and the benefits of such research outweigh the concerns. (nhsjs.com)
  • The stem cells suits human needs, does not cause harm and can be obtained from both adult and fetal does not conflict with religious beliefs, it has tissues, umbilical cord and early embryos. (who.int)
  • Unicellular for those cells that are derived from human organisms are primed to replicate (clone) pre-embryos, which seem to have a high themselves by nature. (who.int)
  • On Tuesday, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a "fetal heartbeat" bill that seeks to outlaw abortion after about six weeks. (metafilter.com)
  • These preparatory interregional and interdisciplinary meetings focused on the following areas: cloning and human reproductive health, biologicals, organ transplantation, research, and medical genetics. (who.int)
  • Specifically, according to HHS's own documents, 'Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act [42 USC 289g-1] requires the annual submission to Congress of a report describing research involving therapeutic transplantation of human fetal tissue supported or conducted by the NIH. (lifenews.com)
  • After that, "The NIH did not provide any financial support for human fetal tissue transplantation research. (lifenews.com)
  • Research into the positions of various religious groups reveals the underlying attitude that unless the group has taken action to prohibit organ or tissue donation and transplantation, it is usually assumed that such donation is permissible. (unos.org)
  • Although this is a passive approach to affirming organ and tissue donation and transplantation, it seems to be the position of a large population of the religious community. (unos.org)
  • All faith leaders are encouraged to research their religious group's tradition and position on organ and tissue donation and transplantation, as well as other biomedical ethical issues. (unos.org)
  • The following summary of statements concerning various religious groups' positions on organ and tissue donation and transplantation may be of help to you. (unos.org)
  • Before the announcement in February 1997 of the cloning of a sheep by somatic cell nuclear transfer, existing legislation in a number of countries already precluded human cloning for reproductive purposes, sometimes implicitly. (who.int)
  • Since then, many countries have adopted government decrees or introduced legislation to impose an explicit ban on human cloning for reproductive purposes. (who.int)
  • Irish President Michael D. Higgins signed the legislation into law Dec. 20, paving the way for wide-ranging access to abortion in the country. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • This section would not have been possible without the tremendous work done by other human rights organizations tracking the current onslaught of state legislation. (irehr.org)
  • In recent decades, great strides have been made in biomedi- cal ethics, especially in the fields of education, research and legislation. (who.int)
  • The state of Texas will continue to protect life, and I will continue to support legislation prohibiting the sale or transfer of fetal tissue. (latimes.com)
  • This showcases the ambivalence of public perception, policy and legislation about stem cell research. (nhsjs.com)
  • In what was supposed to be some sort of "bombshell," antiabortion crusaders claimed that Nucatola admitted harvesting aborted fetal parts, changing abortion procedures to accommodate the harvesting of aborted fetal parts, then illegally selling the aborted fetal parts to medical researchers. (latimes.com)
  • Would expand abortion access, prohibit enforcement of state and federal pro-life laws, and prevent future pro-life laws. (sbaprolife.org)
  • Trump nominated numerous conservative judges to Federal courts: two conservative men with anti-choice records joined the U.S. Supreme Court and are currently deciding on a case about abortion access. (trumpresearchbook.com)
  • Trump used the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to crackdown on abortion access. (trumpresearchbook.com)
  • Although discovery research has identified the importance of dozens of pro- and anti-inflammatory immune mediators in the pathogenesis, maintenance, exacerbation and resolution of inflammatory diseases, most human cohort studies have incorporated few or no immunological intermediate phenotypes in their analyses. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A broad panel of in vivo and ex vivo cytokine, chemokine and acute phase protein biomarkers that have been linked to human chronic inflammatory disorders are readily detected in vivo and remain stable for analysis despite multiple freeze thaw cycles. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An umbilical vein blood IL-6 concentration >11.0 pg/mL indicated fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS). (bvsalud.org)
  • The maternal inflammatory response (MIR) and fetal inflammatory response (FIR) were staged using the Amsterdam Placental Workshop Group Consensus Statement. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ultimately, the only documents turned over were the redacted emails and several letters from HHS to Congress stating that the National Institute of Health (another part of HHS) had no required reports to give Congress about research on transplanting human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes because NIH hadn't been involved with any such work. (lifenews.com)
  • The magazine said that during the meeting at the National Institutes of Health offices outside Washington in Bethesda, Maryland, Collins said the Department of Health and Human Services is auditing federal purchases of fetal tissue and that the National Institutes of Health has agreed to spend up to $20 million on research on alternatives. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • In addition, the Obama administration has expanded federal funding for such research. (lifenews.com)
  • The federal government spent $19 million on research involving the body parts of aborted babies in 1999 at the end of the Clinton administration. (lifenews.com)
  • WASHINGTON - The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday would not acknowledge an existing federal ban on "partial-birth abortion. (ncregister.com)
  • 3. Wash once with PBS/0.1% sodium azide/1% heat-activated fetal bovine serum (PBS-FBS). (bdbiosciences.com)
  • A major logistical challenge that impedes more widespread adoption of such analyses is continuing uncertainty about the stability of immune biomarkers in plasma, serum or tissue culture samples to repeated analysis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There are other, less controversial alternatives to embryonic stem cells, such as adult, fetal, cord blood, and induced pluripotent stem cells, but they have other biological restrictions that make them less promising for use in regenerative medicine at this time. (nhsjs.com)
  • On April 20, Congress' Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives held its second hearing: "The Pricing of Fetal Tissue. (mediamatters.org)
  • This spending bill eliminates decades' worth of pro-life protections including the Helms Amendment, which prohibits funding for abortion overseas. (sbaprolife.org)
  • Why, from their point of view, if you had access to the bodies of thousands of aborted babies whom you are contracted to kill, would you not take the opportunity to recycle these remains to some benefit? (premierchristianity.com)
  • Research using fetal tissue from aborted babies is unethical and should not continue under his leadership," said Greg Schleppenbach, associate director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, in a Dec. 18 statement. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • This initiative constituted the most massive governmental attempt to control human fertility and reproduction in human history. (asu.edu)
  • According to a pre-hearing piece published by Politico , panel Republicans intended to present a report of "accounting, marketing, and other business documents that they say indicate" that providers and procurement companies profited from fetal tissue donation. (mediamatters.org)
  • In October 2015, House Republicans voted to create a special committee to investigate abortion service providers and fetal tissue donation. (mediamatters.org)
  • And when faced with the decision of organ and tissue donation during the trauma of a loved one's death, a person's religion suddenly becomes very important. (unos.org)
  • As the decision is being made, the question often arises, "What is my religion's stance on organ and tissue donation? (unos.org)
  • Most people are not aware of their religious group's doctrine or position regarding organ and tissue donation. (unos.org)
  • It is important to be informed, since the family members who are suddenly faced with making a decision concerning organ and tissue donation of a loved one may depend on the faith leader to know the position held by their religious group. (unos.org)
  • Organ and tissue donation is viewed as an act of neighborly love and charity by these denominations. (unos.org)
  • In terms of existing ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human subjects, human cloning for reproductive purposes raises concerns about risk in relation to benefit, informed consent, and accountability. (who.int)
  • The hearing focused on the possibility of using different types of "humanized" mice - with human cells and immune systems - in biomedical research. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • The same day as the meeting, a congressional subcommittee hearing took place looking into alternatives to using fetal tissue for research. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • Tissue and blood samples from the donor and recipients were sent from the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where LCMV was identified as the etiologic agent ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Your knowledge and action may help alleviate the suffering of the thousands of people who die annually for lack of available donor organs and tissue while a multitude of healthy organs are being buried every day. (unos.org)
  • Flow cytometric analysis of CD152 expression on stimulated Human peripheral mononuclear cells. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • For context, if a person based their objection on the use of fetal cells in the development or testing of the vaccine, they should also object to using, for example, Tylenol, Advil, Aspirin, Aleve and Pepto-Bismol - all of which use fetal cells in testing and/or development. (sullivanmahoney.com)
  • Without fetal cells, we probably wouldn't have vaccines for German measles, chicken pox and polio. (latimes.com)
  • No matter the underlying mechanism via which the loss of Atm renders cells extra delicate to 17-DMAG, importantly for our research, 17-DMAG-induced cell death clearly proceeds in the absence of Atm. (cd31-signal.com)
  • When the stem cells divide, the new cell may remain a stem cell to divide again or may differentiate to become any of the 200 types of specialized cells in the human body. (nhsjs.com)
  • This paper outlines the debates prompted through a reproduction mechanism involv- by progress in cloning research, with special ing male and female germ cells. (who.int)
  • Great Iranian Muslim scholars netics, stem cell research, and organ trans- laid huge emphasis on teaching and practis- plantation are some of the medical issues ing ethics. (who.int)
  • They can thus develop into brain, muscle, blood, skin, and other tissues and can, in theory, help with many health conditions involving organ dysfunction or failure, as well as cancer, injury, and may even address degenerative and otherwise incurable diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. (nhsjs.com)
  • The main objection to the use of human cloning for reproductive purposes is that it would be contrary to human dignity as it would violate the uniqueness and indeterminateness of the human being. (who.int)
  • Yet it misses the more important point, which is how a basic moral denial of human dignity leads to this kind of corruption. (premierchristianity.com)
  • Ask yourself what you can do to help the right-to-life movement in its campaign to re-humanise society's view of the unborn child, and secure respect for the dignity of every human being. (premierchristianity.com)
  • While the Church prohibits the practice of IVF, the FCCB sees value in the intent of the proposal. (flaccb.org)
  • Most states prohibit abortion after a certain point in pregnancy, often considered to be the point at which a fetus could survive outside of the pregnant person. (columbia.edu)
  • Someone may choose to receive an induction abortion if their fetus has several medical problems or abnormalities, or induction may be necessary to achieve a successful abortion if the pregnant person wasn't aware of their pregnancy until recently or they didn't previously have access to abortion until now. (columbia.edu)
  • By 2011, researchers in the US had established that non-invasive blood tests can accurately determine the gender of a human fetus as early as seven weeks after fertilization. (asu.edu)
  • Stem cell research represents one of the most polarized biomedical controversies of our time. (nhsjs.com)
  • One of the greatest controversies triggered tissue, a stem cell encoding for heart tissue by the rapid pace of evolution in biology, will eventually develop into heart tissue particularly in genomics and biotechnology, and so on. (who.int)
  • I researched state bills that contain at least one pro-life provision that have been enacted or advanced in each state so far this year. (dailysignal.com)
  • Legislators involved in these groups have sponsored and helped pass a wide range of bills that threaten civil and human rights and the capacity of government to advance policies for the public good, at times dominating legislative agendas at the state level. (irehr.org)
  • After compiling various categories of anti-human rights and anti-democracy bills, IREHR added legislator information on the identified bills from state legislature websites, including sponsors, co-sponsors, authors, and co-authors. (irehr.org)
  • Two bills were proposed: The first one was the Stem Cell Research Advancement Act, which passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate but was vetoed by President George W. Bush. (nhsjs.com)
  • They emphasize the need to promote the teaching of ethics in medical education and to establish effective measures to protect developing countries from the risk of unregulated expatriate research involving human subjects. (who.int)
  • NCHS Research Ethics Review Board Requirements. (cdc.gov)
  • Hwang Woo-suk, a geneticist in South Korea, claimed in Science magazine in 2004 and 2005 that he and a team of researchers had for the first time cloned a human embryo and that they had derived eleven stem cell lines from it. (asu.edu)
  • I am also proud that on my motion, brought with City Councilmember Farrah Khan, the Irvine City Council unanimously repealed and removed a section of the municipal code (known as Measure N) that had prohibited any anti-discrimination protections for people based on their sexual orientation. (melissafoxblog.com)
  • It now also includes the Labor-Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill and a Continuing Resolution. (freedomfirstsociety.org)
  • However, the Senate version (see Senate Vote 193, 8-23-18) and this House-Senate compromise appended appropriations for Labor/Health and Human Services/Education to the Defense bill (these latter appropriations are almost entirely an unconstitutional usurpation of authority). (freedomfirstsociety.org)
  • We must remember that we live in a diverse society, and protecting diverse viewpoints even in the medical process protects access to care for patients," said bill sponsor Senator Trumbull. (flaccb.org)
  • Meaning that while the Code prohibits discrimination based on creed, personal beliefs or preferences, political positions, concerns about medical science, or singular beliefs do not amount to a creed for the purposes of the Code. (sullivanmahoney.com)
  • They pretended to be seeking sources of fetal tissue for medical research. (latimes.com)
  • Use of trade names is for identification only and does not constitute endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Working Group on Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) made the following recommendations for the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Trump appointed anti-choice zealots to key executive office and agencies positions responsible for drafting or enforcing related policies including, but not limited to: Vice President Pence, Attorney General Barr, Secretary of State Pompeo, and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (trumpresearchbook.com)
  • For ebook, invading a M using two state tissues: original and motion( along with USER mistakes). (shotglass.org)
  • The Human Rights Legal Support Centre, the legal assistance branch for persons who have experienced discrimination. (sullivanmahoney.com)
  • Now, President Barack Obama has expanded that figure and the Obama administration currently spends $77 million in taxpayer funds to promote such research with aborted baby body parts via NIH, the National Institutes of Health. (lifenews.com)
  • Although Nucatola's conversation may have been unsavory - who wants to talk about fetal body parts over salad? (latimes.com)
  • Several international health-related professional associations and religious bodies have issued statements calling for the careful monitoring and regulation of scientific developments in the field of cloning and human genetics. (who.int)
  • The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin. (fr-ed-namiotka.com)
  • It reports on implementation of resolution WHA50.37 concerning ethical, scientific and social implications of cloning in human health. (who.int)
  • Resolution WHA50.37 requested the Director-General to clarify the potential applications of cloning procedures in human health and their ethical, scientific and social implications. (who.int)
  • un tel dialogue prendra en considération non seulement les bienfaits scientifiques mais également les implications morales, éthiques et juridiques. (who.int)
  • WASHINGTON - An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said recent comments made by Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, in defending human fetal tissue research were "deeply disturbing. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • The most frequent reasons for being out of scope were that the physician was retired, deceased, or employed in teaching, research, or administration. (cdc.gov)
  • For those of you who do not know it, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama's Health and Human Services Secretary, has mandated a rule that will require enrollees in the healthcare exchange plan under Obamacare to pay a $1 a month abortion surcharge. (earnestlycontendingforthefaith.com)
  • Breyer on Patents in the Life Sciences, Harvard Law Review (2014) The Legal and Ethical Concerns that Arise from Using Complex Predictive Analytics in Health Care, Health Affairs (2014) (Co-Authored with Bernard Lo, Ruben Amarasingham, Bin Xie, and Anand Shah) When Religious Freedom Clashes with Access to Care, New England Journal of Medicine (2014) (Co-Authored with Holly Fernandez Lynch & Gregory D. Curfman) Organs Without Borders? (wikipedia.org)
  • Procedural vote on H.R. 4502, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Financial Services and General Government [etc. (sbaprolife.org)
  • The Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Health & Human Services Committee took up and passed SB 582 (Rodrigues, R.) and HB 241 (Grall), respectively. (flaccb.org)
  • The Health Services Research and Evaluation and Health Statistics Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-353) established NCHS in law. (cdc.gov)
  • The fact that the HEK-293 cell line is many generations removed from its original source of fetal tissue, and the uncertainty as to whether the original tissue was derived from an elective abortion, both factored into the Validation Team's decisions. (sullivanmahoney.com)
  • Human infection occurs most commonly through exposure (by direct contact or inhalation of infectious aerosol) to secretions or excretions of infected animals ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The most effective means of preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is preventing exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • Store undiluted at 4°C. The monoclonal antibody was purified from tissue culture supernatant or ascites by affinity chromatography. (bdbiosciences.com)
  • He described alternative forms of research as "scientifically, highly justified" but he also said fetal tissue "will continue to be the mainstay" for research and can be done with an "ethical framework. (trentonmonitor.com)
  • She is surprised by the overwhelming support being given to pharmacists who threaten to withhold services for economic reasons, and the lack of support experienced by those who would withhold services because their own research shows that some products on their shelves are unsafe or have little data derived from proper clinical trials to prove long-term safety. (consciencelaws.org)