Senate’s Failure To Prohibit Human-Animal Hybrid Research Is An Affront To Human Life
May 27, 2021 By Paulina Enck
In an assault on the dignity of human life, the Senate failed to prevent the continued creation of human-animal hybrids, called “chimeras,” created for research purposes.
Sens. Mike Braun, Steve Daines, Joni Ernst, Jim Inhofe, and James Lankford proposed an amendment to the Endless Frontier Act that would have prohibited the use or development of human-animal chimera upon pain of criminal charges. The sole exceptions granted would have allowed research to assist with organ transplants. The bill lost 49-48.
At present, human-animal chimera research is still prohibited from receiving federal funding, but transpires with limited regulation in university and private labs.
Thirty-two senators and members of congress, led by Braun and Rep. Chris Smith, wrote a letter to NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, expressing their “concern” about human-animal chimera research on both an ethical and pragmatic level. They also posed several questions about how the NIH plans to move forward with regulating such a morally dubious subject.
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