Pharmaceutical Companies Urged to Stop Using Abortion-Derived Cell Lines April 14, 2021
A nurse prepares a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Fasano, Italy, April 13, 2021. (Photo: CNS/Alessandro Garofalo, Reuters)
By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON (CNS) The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.
Among the companies singled out are Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson for their COVID-19 vaccines, GlaxoSmithKline for its Shingrix shingle vaccine, and Merck for its MMR, Chickenpox, and Hepatitis-A vaccines.
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Catholic scholars: Any available COVID-19 vaccine is morally acceptable
Friday, Mar. 19, 2021
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON A group of prominent Catholic scholars said they believe it is morally acceptable for anyone to receive any of the COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the United States.
“Catholics, and indeed, all persons of goodwill who embrace a culture of life for the whole human family, born and unborn, can use these vaccines without fear of moral culpability” for abortion, the eight scholars said in a statement released March 5 through the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington.
The statement references the vaccines developed by Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson as well as from AstraZeneca, which is expected to soon file for emergency-use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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