Research involving fetal tissue has come under renewed public scrutiny recently because of a series of videos involving the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The president of the organization, Cecile Richards, is slated to testify before a House committee Tuesday, even as some members of Congress try to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood, and some states try to restrict research involving fetal tissue.
Goldstein insists such research is invaluable. For his Alzheimer’s experiments, for example, he’s using cells from the brains of fetuses to look for drugs that could protect neurons from that devastating disease.