President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stated in his Senate confirmation hearing that he is “absolutely committed” to finding alternatives to vaccines developed using aborted foetal cell lines.
His comments came last week during his hearing with the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions when he was asked whether he would prohibit the use of aborted foetal tissue in NIH-funded research.
Stanford University medical school professor and health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he would follow the lead of President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the issue, reportsCatholic News Agency (CNA).
