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Senate Health and Welfare committee rejects SCR 104 to reaffirm Nuremberg Code
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted 3–6 to reject Senate Concurrent Resolution 104, a nonbinding measure from Sen. Tammy Nichols that would have reaffirmed the Nuremberg Code as a foundation for ethical research. Debate focused on references to international declarations and whether the resolution is necessary given existing laws.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on an apparent 3–6 roll call vote rejected Senate Concurrent Resolution 104, an advisory resolution from Sen. Tammy Nichols that would have reaffirmed the Nuremberg Code as the foundation for ethical medical and scientific research in Idaho.
Nichols opened the hearing by saying the resolution “reaffirms Idaho's commitment to ethical medical and scientific research by recognizing the Nuremberg Code as the foundation for protecting human rights.” She told the committee the Nuremberg Code, written after World War II, established 10 principles including voluntary consent and avoidance of unnecessary harms and that later documents such as the Belmont Report and declarations from UNESCO have “built upon these principles.” Nichols described the resolution as advisory and said it had “no fiscal impact.”
The nut graf: supporters said the resolution was a preventative…
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