A bipartisan group of House lawmakers have introduced a bill called “Justina’s Law” to limit federal funding for medical research involving foster children, according to the Washington Times. The bill is named after Justina Pelletier, who was given a psychiatric diagnosis in line with experimental research going on at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and then seized by the state. According to Health Impact News Daily, many hospitals “have an internal policy that allows for children who are deemed ‘wards of the State’, including foster children, to receive treatment or be involved in research that presents great risk even if there is no prospect of any benefit to the child.”
“Justina’s Law” Seeks to End Experimental Medical Research on Children Seized by Child Protection Services (Health Impact News Daily, June 30, 2014)