'GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only "no" votes on a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program'
GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado were the only members of Congress to vote against a bill that would provide patients who suffer from leukemia or other blood diseases access to potentially life-saving bone marrow transplants.
The legislation, called the TRANSPLANT Act, would reauthorize the National Marrow Donor Program for another five years. The program helps match bone marrow donors and cord blood units with people in need.
The bill overwhelmingly passed the House in a 415-2 vote on Thursday evening. Twelve lawmakers, including freshman Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, did not vote on the bill.
A spokesman for Greene told Insider that the bill "opens the door" for the National Institutes of Health to "research the remains of babies who were murdered in the womb."
"Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue by taxpayers," he added.
Boebert's office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.