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Pennsylvania House bill targets colleges' fetal research from elective abortions
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A proposal to require Pennsylvania's four state-related universities to promise they are not conducting research or experiments with fetal tissue from elective abortions was added to a state budget bill by House Republicans on Monday.The chamber voted 108-92, with three Republicans crossing party lines, for the amendment to legislation that will send more than $597 million combined next year to Penn State, Lincoln, Temple and Pitt.The target of the measure is the University of Pittsburgh, which is in line to receive $155 million in the coming year.The sponsor, Rep. Jerry Knowles, R-Schuylkill, said his goal was to stop the research."My goal is not to stop the funding," Knowles said.