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ROGER WICKER: Tax money should not fund unethical science
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President Joe Biden ran for office as a unifier who would heal our nation’s
divisions, yet many of his policies continue to alienate millions of Americans.
This is especially true with his abortion agenda, which is already one of the
most aggressive on record.

 

During his first weeks in office, Biden opened up U.S. funding for
pro-abortion causes overseas, began the process of financing abortion clinics
here at home, appointed a radically pro-abortion Secretary of Health and Human
Services and pushed to expand the use of chemical abortions through
telemedicine.

 

More recently, Biden has ushered in a wave of scientific research that
disregards human life. In April, the Biden administration lifted a ban on
federal researchers using the bodies of aborted infants in lab experiments.
This decision means taxpayers will now be funding experiments that for millions
of Americans are morally indefensible – for example, implanting the cells of
aborted babies into lab mice.

 

Making matters worse, the Biden administration disbanded the ethics board that
oversaw and often vetoed these projects, meaning that decisions to fund
unethical science will now be made in secret, away from public view.

 

Taxpayers should be left out of unethical experiments

 

Since my first days in Congress, I have fought to protect the unborn and to
prevent taxpayer dollars from supporting the practice of abortion. I have also
helped pass legislation ensuring that tax dollars do not support research that
results in the destruction of human life, including embryos. This fight is far
from over, and I am now leading efforts in Congress to push back against the
Biden administration’s abortion agenda.

 

Last month, I authored a letter calling on the Department of Health and Human
Services to reverse its decisions to end the fetal tissue ethics board and to
fund morally objectionable research. I urged the administration instead to
focus on ethical alternatives to human fetal tissue, such as adult stem cells,
which have provided miraculous treatments for serious diseases. This letter was
signed by 36 senators and 98 House members, reflecting broad consensus in
Congress.

 

I am deeply disappointed that Biden has abandoned his longtime support for the
Hyde Amendment, which prevents tax dollars from funding abortions. This
provision has been in place during Democratic and Republican administrations
for 45 straight years. Candidate Biden reversed his position only two years
ago, reflecting growing pressure from the left wing of his party and the
pro-abortion lobby. I am committed to protecting the Hyde Amendment in upcoming
legislation. I have also reintroduced legislation that would make the Hyde
Amendment permanent so that it is not repeatedly put at risk in the
appropriations process.

 

Mississippi leads the nation toward ending abortion

 

In 2018, Mississippi made history by enacting one of the strongest pro-life
laws in America. This law reflected a goal put forward by then-Governor Phil
Bryant: “to end abortion in Mississippi.” The law has now made its way to the
U.S. Supreme Court, where the case will be argued next year. This case is the
most promising opportunity yet for challenging Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling
that made abortion-on-demand the law of the land.

 

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Senator Roger Wicker

 

 

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