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Jeremiah Smith: “I offer a second-degree amendment to the pending amendment and ask for its immediate consideration. At the appropriate…”

On the recordJune 27, 2000
I offer a second-degree amendment to the pending amendment and ask for its immediate consideration. At the appropriate place, add the following: ``SEC. . PURCHASE OF FETAL TISSUE. ``None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay, reimburse, or otherwise compensate, directly or indirectly, any abortion provider, fetal tissue procurement contractor, or tissue resource source, for fetal tissue, or the cost of collecting, transferring, or otherwise processing fetal tissue, if such fetal tissue is obtained from induced abortions.''
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Jeremiah Smith
Federalist · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Introducing an amendment related to the funding of fetal tissue procurement.

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