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Foetal cells are used to make the Oxford coronavirus vaccine. But they came from a foetus in 1973 – ABC News
Using foetal cells in vaccine development isn’t new — and the Catholic Church has previously expressed qualified support for the use of vaccines derived from these cells under certain circumstances.
Religious leaders have raised ethical doubts over one of Australia’s primary coronavirus vaccine hopes because scientists have used foetal cells in its development.
Developers at Oxford University and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca are using cell lines from an electively aborted foetus in the vaccine candidate, with Anglican, Catholic and Greek Orthodox leaders questioning the practice.
But using foetal cells in vaccine development isn’t new and the Catholic Church has previously expressed qu…
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