Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017”.
End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017
A BILL
To prohibit any person from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting a donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue will be or is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Removal of authority for funding research on fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an induced abortion
Section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–1) is amended—
by amending paragraph (2) of subsection (a) to read as follows:
“(2) Source of tissue—Human fetal tissue may be used in research carried out under paragraph (1) only if the tissue is obtained pursuant to a spontaneous abortion or a stillbirth.”
in subsection (b)(2), by striking subparagraph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking “or induced”; and
in subsection (g), by striking “or induced”.
Sec. 3 Prohibition against solicitation or acceptance of a donation of fetal tissue pursuant to an induced abortion
Subsection (b) of section 498B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g–2) is amended to read as follows:
“(b) Prohibition against solicitation or acceptance of a donation of fetal tissue pursuant to an abortion—It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or knowingly acquire, receive, or accept a donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue will be or is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.”