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Johnson & Johnson vaccine raises ethical concerns
- Mar 3, 2021
Several Catholic ethicists are urging people to steer clear of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine if possible, but at the same time affirm it is morally acceptable to receive it if the alternatives are not an option.
U.S. bishops urge vaccination, but avoid morally compromised vaccines if possible
- Dec 15, 2020
The U.S. bishops’ conference is encouraging Catholics to get a coronavirus vaccination because it’s a “moral responsibility for the common good,” even is some vaccines are connected to abortion-derived cell lines.
Pro-life physician-led groups weigh in on development of COVID-19 vaccines
- Dec 5, 2020
The Catholic Medical Association and three other physician-led organizations said Dec. 2 the “expeditious availability of effective vaccines” to fight COVID-19 is laudable.
Bioethicist calls for right to ‘not be forced to die alone’
- Nov 19, 2020
Currently, COVID-19 social distancing restrictions at medical and care facilities often limit visitation rights for family and chaplains. One leading bioethicist insists this violates the right to ‘not be forced to die alone.’
Bioethics questions emerge from experimental drug used in COVID-19 treatment
- Oct 11, 2020
The treatment that President Donald Trump has received to fight COVID-19 has turned the focus on an experimental drug that shows promise in combating the coronavirus but is raising ethical questions about the cell line that helped researchers develop the medicine.
Bioethicists welcome Vatican document on euthanasia: ‘No life is unworthy of life’
- Sep 23, 2020
Catholic bioethicists have welcomed the Vatican’s clear statement that euthanasia is incompatible with palliative care.
Global biotech company ends use of aborted fetal cell lines for vaccines
- Sep 19, 2020
Catholic pro-life leaders say they are seeing some progress in the development of vaccines with the use of ethical animal cell lines instead of cell lines derived from abortions.
Bioethicists urge COVID-19 vaccine research avoid abortion cell lines
- Apr 28, 2020
A human vaccine trial begun last week in England has raised hopes that the COVID-19 coronavirus might one day be stopped in its tracks. However, ethicists have expressed concerns that the vaccine, developed at Oxford University, used cell lines obtained from an aborted child in the early 1970s.
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