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Idaho committee rejects resolution reaffirming Nuremberg Code after debate over scope and foreign declarations
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee declined to send SCR 104 to the floor after members split over whether a nonbinding resolution should single out the Nuremberg Code and reference international declarations such as UNESCO's. The measure was advisory and carried no fiscal impact.
An Idaho Senate committee on Wednesday voted 3-6 against sending Senate Concurrent Resolution 104 to the floor, rejecting a nonbinding measure from Sen. Tammy Nichols that would have reaffirmed the Nuremberg Code as the foundation for ethical medical and scientific research.
Nichols, a Republican from District 10, presented the resolution as a statement that Idaho "reaffirms the Nuremberg Code as the foundation for protecting human rights" and encourages research institutions to adhere to principles such as voluntary informed consent, transparency and safeguards against harm. She said the resolution is advisory and "there is no fiscal impact."
The resolution drew extended questioning from committee members about what, if anything, state law would change if the…
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