September 2018: Budd Voted Against The Omnibus Spending Bill Because Of “The Lack Of Pro-Life Priorities, Specifically Its Failure To Block Funding For Research Using Aborted Fetal Tissue.” According to a press release from Congressman Ted Budd, “U.S. Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement after voting against the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019: ‘I voted against the spending bill today because it lacked many conservative priorities that were promised to the American people. ‘My biggest issue with this bill was the lack of pro-life priorities - specifically its failure to block funding for research using aborted fetal tissue and the fact that it provided funding for abortion providers. To me, the rights of the unborn is a critical moral issue of our time and I have promised my constituents that I will fight for life.” [Press Release – Rep. Ted Budd, 9/26/18]
2021: Budd Co-Sponsored Legislation To Prohibit The Department Of Health And Human Services From Conducting Or Supporting Any Research Involving Human Fetal Tissue That Was Obtained Pursuant To An Induced Abortion. According to a press release from Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer, “Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., has introduced legislation (H.R. 563) to amend the Public Health Service Act ‘to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.’ The bill was introduced on Jan. 28 and has 52 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Alex X. Mooney, R-W.Va., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Steven M. Palazzo, R-Miss., John Joyce, R-Pa., Rick Allen, R-Ga., Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., Ralph Norman, R-S.C., Randy Weber, R-Texas, Thomas Tiffany, R-Wis., Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., Mike Kelly, R-Pa., Jim Banks, R-Ind., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Ron Wright, R-Texas, Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, Ted Budd” [Press Release – Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, 1/30/21]