Some have argued that human fetal tissue research is unnecessary and/or immoral. Recently, the Trump administration has taken the drastic––and we believe misguided––step to effectively ban government-funded research on fetal tissue altogether. In this article, we show that entire lines of research and their clinical outcomes would not have progressed had fetal tissue been unavailable. We argue that this research has been carried out in a manner that is ethical and legal, and that it has provided knowledge that has saved lives, particularly those of pregnant women, their unborn fetuses, and newborns. We believe that those who support a ban on the use of fetal tissue are halting medical progress and therefore endangering the health and lives of many, and for this they should accept responsibility. At the very least, we challenge them to be true to their beliefs: if they wish to short-circuit a scientific process that has led to medical advances, they should pledge to not accept for themselves the health benefits that such advances provide.

一些人认为人类胎儿组织研究是不必要的和/或不道德的。最近，特朗普政府采取了激烈的-我们认为是错误的-的措施，有效地完全禁止了政府资助的胎儿组织研究。在本文中，我们表明，如果无法获得胎儿组织，整个研究及其临床结果将不会进展。我们认为，这项研究是以道德和合法的方式进行的，并且它提供了挽救生命的知识，尤其是挽救了孕妇，未出生的胎儿和新生儿的生命。我们认为，那些支持禁止使用胎儿组织的人正在阻止医学进步，因此危及许多人的健康和生命，为此，他们应该承担责任。至少