American Psychiatric Association Protest

AHRP Recommendations for the protection of children in clinical research

(1) Federal regulations are predicated on our moral responsibility to protect children – who are not volunteers – from being subjected to medical or behavioral experiments that are not in their best interest. Thus, federal regulations – 45 CFR 46 Sub-part D – restrict the use of children in medical experiments involving greater than minimal risk, if there is no potential medical benefit for them or their condition.