“The Morality of Using Vaccines Derived from Aborted Fetal Tissue,” A publication of Children of God for Life, a group opposed to the use of aborted cells for vaccine production. Available at www.cogforlife.org/vaxethics.htm. This article presents articles pro and con from many of the experts in the field.
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“Aborted Fetal Cell Line Vaccines and the Catholic Family; A Mora) Perspective,” Debra Vinnedge, Executive Director, Children of God for Life. Available at www.cogforlife.org. This booklet presents the most detailed information available on the history of how WI-38 and MRC-5 were obtained from aborted tissue and used for vaccine production. It also discusses the moral concerns raised by the use of these vaccines.
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“Vaccines Originating in Abortion,”EdwardJ., FurtonM.A.Ph.D.Ethics and Medics, Volume 24, Number 3, pp. 3–4, March, 1999. Dr. Furton is an ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center and has argued that it is morally acceptable, even morally incumbent upon us to use MMR and Varivax vaccines.
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“Vaccines and the Right of Conscience,”FurtonEdward J., M.A., Ph.D., The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Spring, 2004, pp. 53–62.
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“Vaccines, Abortion, and Moral Coherence,”MaherDaniel P.The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Spring, 2002, pp. 51–67. Maher argues that the use of abortion-derived vaccines is morally coherent for those who condemn abortion,
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“Invoking Moral Conscience – On the Issue of Using Vaccines Derived From Abortion,” Statement of the Most Reverend Robert Vasa, Diocese of Baker, May 22, 2003. Available at www.cogforlife.org. The Magisterium of the Catholic Church has not taken any position regarding vaccine ethics, nor has the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Vasa is one of the few bishops to comment of this issue.
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Ad limina address of the Holy Father to US Bishops of California, Nevada, and Hawaii, October 2, 1998.
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“The Subtle and Far Reaching Tentacles of the Culture of Death: The Dehumanization of Human Embryos and the People Surrounding Them,” The Rev. TorracoStephen F. Ph.D., Linacre Quarterly, Volume 71, Number 1, February, 2004.
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