An amendment to the Shelby substitute amendment that "the Director of NIH and the director of any national research institute may not conduct or support research or experimentation, in the United States or abroad, on a living human fetus or infant, before an abortion which the researcher involved knows or has reason to know is intended or after an abortion, unless the research or experimentation is for the purpose of improving the probability of the survival of, or ameliorating developmental or congenital defects in, such infant.".

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Amendment Number
548
Description
An amendment to the Shelby substitute amendment that "the Director of NIH and the director of any national research institute may not conduct or support research or experimentation, in the United States or abroad, on a living human fetus or infant, before an abortion which the researcher involved knows or has reason to know is intended or after an abortion, unless the research or experimentation is for the purpose of improving the probability of the survival of, or ameliorating developmental or congenital defects in, such infant.".
Congress
98
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Nov 17, 1983
Latest Action Text
Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
Submitted Date
Nov 17, 1983
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 30, 2021
Amendment 548 — Informed