    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 3 (Monday, January 25, 1993)]
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    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research

     January 22, 1993

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services

    Subject: Federal Funding of Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research

        On March 22, 1988, the Assistant Secretary for Health of Health and
    Human Services (``HHS'') imposed a temporary moratorium on Federal
    funding of research involving transplantation of fetal tissue from
    induced abortions. Contrary to the recommendations of a National
    Institutes of Health advisory panel, on November 2, 1989, the Secretary
    of Health and Human Services extended the moratorium indefinitely. This
    moratorium has significantly hampered the development of possible
    treatments for individuals afflicted with serious diseases and
    disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes,
    and leukemia. Accordingly, I hereby direct that you immediately lift the
    moratorium.
        You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
    the Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton