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ACLU sues NIH for 'ideological purge' of research

By NBC News  
   April 03, 2025

The ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the NIH has conducted an "ongoing ideological purge of critical research projects" that violates federal law and is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts district court on behalf of four researchers and three unions with members who rely on NIH funding, says that the federal science agency "abruptly cancelled" hundreds of research projects "without scientifically-valid explanation or cause."

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