While Trump Administration Bars Use of Human Tissue For Research, Scientists Are Trying To Push Ahead

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Currents News Staff

On Capitol Hill, the Trump administration is barring the use of human tissue for stem cell research. Meanwhile, some scientists are trying to push ahead. 

But the Catholic Church strongly opposes using the cells of unborn babies for science, and argues there’s a better way: umbilical cord research.

The National Correspondent for the Tablet and Crux, Christopher White joins us now to discuss the field of stem cell research, which has been developing for over a decade.