H.R. 2075

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To prohibit the Federal Government from conducting or supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and to prohibit the solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of a donation of such tissue.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · March 11, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Onder · Committee: Committee on Energy and Commerce

Table of contents

• H.R. 2075
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. No research involving human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion
  • SEC. 3. Prohibition against solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of a donation of human fetal tissue knowing that the tissue was obtained pursuant to an induced abortion

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025.

SEC. 2. No research involving human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion

• (a) In general
  • (1) In general
    • No Federal department, agency, or office may conduct, fund, approve, or otherwise support any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.
  • (2) Development of new, ethical cell lines
    • Subsection (a) does not limit the authority of any Federal department, agency, or office to develop or support the development of new, high-efficiency cell lines, including for the production of vaccines and genetic vectors, so long as the cell lines are not derived from human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.
  • (3) Research involving human fetal tissue obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth permitted
    • Any research of any Federal department, agency, or office on human fetal tissue obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth shall be conducted or supported in accordance with section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (). 42 U.S.C. 289g–1
• (b) Amendments to the PHSA limiting human fetal tissue research to tissue obtained after a miscarriage or stillbirth
  • Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act () is amended— 42 U.S.C. 289g–1
    • in the section heading, by striking and inserting ;
      • (a) Establishment of program
        • The Secretary may conduct or support research on human fetal tissue obtained after a miscarriage or a stillbirth.
    • by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    • in subsection (b)—
      • in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting before ; and
      • in paragraph (2)—
        • (i) by striking subparagraph (A); and
        • (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively;
    • in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking pursuant to a spontaneous or induced abortion or pursuant toand inserting after a miscarriage or; and
      • (g) Definitions
        • In this section:
          • The term means tissue or cells obtained from a dead unborn child pursuant to an induced abortion, a miscarriage, or a stillbirth. human fetal tissue
          • The term means the involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the womb for a period of less than 20 weeks. miscarriage
          • The term means the involuntary death of an unborn child who was carried in the womb for a period of 20 weeks or more. stillbirth
          • The term has the meaning given such term in section 1841(d) of title 18, United States Code. unborn child
    • by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
• (c) Conforming repeal
  • Section 113 of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 ( note) is repealed. 42 U.S.C. 289g–1

SEC. 3. Prohibition against solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of a donation of human fetal tissue knowing that the tissue was obtained pursuant to an induced abortion

• (a) In general
  • Section 498B(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act () is amended to read as follows: 42 U.S.C. 289g–2(c)(1)
    • solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or accept a donation (excluding any transfer for purposes of autopsy or burial) of human fetal tissue knowing that—
      • a human pregnancy was deliberately initiated to provide such tissue; or
      • the tissue was obtained pursuant to an induced abortion; or
• (b) Conforming changes
  • Section 498B of the Public Health Service Act (), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— 42 U.S.C. 289g–2
    • by striking subsection (b);
    • by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and
    • in subsection (c), as redesignated—
      • in paragraph (1), by striking (a), (b), or (c)and inserting (a) or (b); and
      • in paragraph (2), by striking .