I concluded the analysis of these two camps with a quote from Dr. Vernon Grounds, president of Evangelicals for Social Action: «[The question of whether we should
use aborted fetuses for this kind of research] comes back to «Shall we do evil that good may come?
Not exact matches
I do not find Russell E. Saltzman's essay «Two Boats, a Helicopter, and Stem Cells» (October 1999) entirely satisfying, although I have absolutely no quarrel with the argument developed for his own decision to oppose the
use of
aborted fetuses for stem cell research.
Using Comstock's pro-infanticide column as his launching pad, Coyne argues that if we can
abort a
fetus diagnosed with serious health issues, we should also be allowed to kill born babies with those conditions.
To the extent that stem cell research relies on embryos and
aborted fetuses as an experimental source, it contributes to the rising sentiment that the death of one may be
used for the convenience of others.
This method can also be
used to discriminate between genders, which usually entails the
aborting of female
fetuses.
I find it interesting that so many of you (who I would guess are most likely in the liberal political camp) find this practice disgusting and unethical, but might not know that
aborted fetuses» tissue is also
used in cosmetics and shampoo and has been for a long time.
And to the pro-lifer who doesn't
use cosmetics that contain
aborted fetuses — if you've had any vaccinations, you probably have had
aborted fetus INJECTED into you.
The policy, meanwhile, has created a population swollen with tens of million «surplus» men from sex - selective abortions — pregnant women
used ultrasound to scan the sex of the
fetus and
aborted if it was female.
Fact: The WI - 38 and MRC - 5 cell lines, derived from two
fetuses that were
aborted, respectively, in 1962 in Sweden and in 1966 in the United Kingdom, are
used to produce the following vaccines, all licensed and marketed in the United States:
Strangely, both the report itself and much of the media coverage focused on the «unpleasantness» of
using eggs from an
aborted fetus.
At issue this time is whether it would be ethical to
use eggs from an
aborted fetus to provide an infertile woman with a chance to have a child.
A representative says that it also offers a one - year, four - injection autism treatment protocol
using stem cells from
aborted fetuses.
Using a 3 1/4 - inch - square piece of skin from an
aborted 14 - week - old
fetus, researchers nurtured skin cells on a collagen matrix, creating sheets about the size of a 3 - by -5-inch index card.
It also urges «a ban on human cloning» and «a ban on the
use of body parts from
aborted fetuses for research.»
For example, the couple can not have «reasonable alternatives,» such as the option of selecting healthy embryos for in vitro fertilization (IVF) or
using prenatal testing and
aborting a
fetus with the disease.
This is also ironic, she says, because there has been a fairly broad bipartisan consensus in favor of
using tissue from
aborted fetuses in research for many years.