Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the National Institutes of Health director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, told senators Wednesday during his confirmation hearing that he fully supports developing alternatives to the use of aborted fetal products in developing vaccines and therapeutics.
Bhattacharya, a physician and health economist from Stanford University, rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for his sharp skepticism of mRNA vaccines. He was a top opponent of restrictive policies during the pandemic.
During Wednesday’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), a staunch opponent of abortion, asked Bhattacharya whether he would support the prohibition of using aborted fetal tissue for NIH-funded research, just as he asked now-Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his confirmation hearing last month.
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