42 U.S.C. § 289g
Fetal research
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 289g, Fetal research, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475744
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The Secretary may not conduct or support any research or experimentation, in the United States or in any other country, on a nonviable living human fetus ex utero or a living human fetus ex utero for whom viability has not been ascertained unless the research or experimentation—
In administering the regulations for the protection of human research subjects which—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Health Research Extension Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Omnibus Extension of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993