Pennsylvania House targets colleges’ fetal research in bill
A proposal is advancing in the Pennsylvania Legislature to require the four state-related universities to promise they are not conducting research or experiments with fetal tissue from elective abortions.
The measure was added to a state budget bill by House Republicans on Monday.
The target of the measure is the University of Pittsburgh, which is in line to receive $155 million from the state in the coming year.
Another GOP-sponsored amendment, to force Penn State to disclose the whereabouts of a statue of former head football coach Joe Paterno, was easily defeated.
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