The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said it will not renew more than a dozen grants for research involving human fetal tissue after Breitbart News reported on a government watchdog investigation about the taxpayer-funded experiments.
White Coat Waste Project (WCW) found that the nation’s medical research agency is still actively funding 17 projects listed under the “human fetal tissue” category — many projects which appear to have been green-lit by the Biden administration and are slated to continue through next year. The investigation, first obtained by Breitbart News, comes as Republicans work to include a measure in a spending bill for the 2026 fiscal year defunding research using human fetal tissue obtained in abortions.
The NIH responded to Breitbart’s request for comm