In 1988, during the Reagan administration, a panel of experts from the National Institutes of Health overwhelmingly voted in favor of allowing scientists to study biological material obtained from legal abortions. By a 19 to 0 vote, the group concluded that the practice should be considered morally acceptable because aborted fetal tissue is analogous to cadaver tissue, which is often used in scientific research.
And in 1993, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle voted to legalize fetal tissue research, even in cases when the samples were obtained from legal abortion procedures, when they approved the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/08/03/3687151/gop-fetal-tissue-donation/
actually, this research has been going on since the 1930s, but I've posted the above facts to show that this was a non-partisan issue.
And in 1993, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle voted to legalize fetal tissue research, even in cases when the samples were obtained from legal abortion procedures, when they approved the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/08/03/3687151/gop-fetal-tissue-donation/
actually, this research has been going on since the 1930s, but I've posted the above facts to show that this was a non-partisan issue.