Pro-Life Protection Within 'America Invents Act'

FRC Praises Passage of Pro-Life Protection Within 'America Invents Act': Family Research Council today praised the passage of the "Weldon Patent Ban" as part of the "America Invents Act" (formerly called the Patent Reform Act) to prevent patenting of human embryos. Tomorrow, President Obama will sign the legislation into law.

This new law will make permanent the ban authored by former Congressman Dave Weldon (R-FL) that has been renewed each year since 2004 on the Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations bill to prevent the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from issuing patents on "human organisms." The House of Representatives, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, added the Weldon language into the bill to make this ban permanent.

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