List of Canadian Vaccines Made from Aborted Babies Body Parts

LifeSite ^ | April 11, 2006

[NYer]

OTTAWA, April 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Concerned Canadian pharmacists have published a list of vaccines in use in the country that are currently sourced from aborted fetal tissues. It turns out that all vaccines with the exception of the flu vaccine utilize aborted fetal tissues.

Alternatives do exist upon special request from a physician for the hepatitis B and rabies vaccines; visit http://www.cogforlife.org/canadianvaccines.htm to see a complete list of vaccines. The Children of God for Life (COG) web site also includes a list of medications that are derived from aborted fetal tissue, including the rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel ®.

A Vatican document published last year states that doctors and families “have a duty to take recourse to alternatives, putting pressure on political authorities and health systems...They should use conscientious objection and oppose by all means – in writing, through various associations, mass media, etc, - the vaccines which do not yet have morally acceptable alternatives, creating pressure so that alternative vaccines are prepared, which are not connected with the abortion of a human foetus...”

Human lives are deliberately taken in order to furnish cell lines for the production of these vaccines, according to COG. The COG also state that, similar to organ transplantation, tissues must be “harvested” in a live form in order to be of any use for the purpose of creating a vaccine. “In aborted fetal tissue research, as in any type of human tissue or organ transplant or research, it is essential that the samples collected are still living,” they state. This type of harvest implies informed consent by the mother for her child to be used for scientific or commercial purposes.

At a Merck pharmaceutical manufacturer shareholders meeting, Debi Vinnedge, who is Executive Director of Children of God for Life, blasted the Board for their inherent disregard for the American public's plea for ethical vaccines. COG had acquired enough stock in the company to put forward resolutions, and had a resolution passed to force the company to make known its use of aborted fetal tissue in its vaccines.

“Any manufacturer that deliberately and needlessly chooses to utilize abortion-derived cell lines causes great hardship for thousands, if not millions of people worldwide by excluding a large number of them from the benefits of preventative medicine,” she said. “Whether by intent or indifference, such action constitutes an attempt to force the acceptance of fetal exploitation.”

Health Canada allows exceptions to compulsory vaccination for moral or religious grounds and reasons of conscience.

[NYer]

See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Vatican Condemns Vaccines Made with Tissue Obtained by Abortion
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071801.html
Vatican Official Clarifies Stand On Vaccines From Fetal Tissue
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05072604.html
Colorado Right to Life Calls for Vaccines not Tainted by Abortion
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/oct/05100307.html
Abortion Advocate Recommends Curtailing Religious Freedoms to Avoid "Contagion"
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/may/05051708.html
Vaccination not Compulsory under Canadian Law

[NYer]

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[blueminnesota]

Ewww.

[Coleus]

ABORTED FETAL CELL LINE PRODUCTS AND ETHICAL ALTERNATIVES
Updated:  

Disease	Vaccine Name	Manufacturer	Cell Line (Fetal)	Ethical Version	Manufacturer	Cell Line (Non-Fetal)
Chickenpox	Varivax	Merck & Co.	WI-38, MRC-5	None	N/A	N/A
Hepatitis A	Vaqta Havrix	Merck & Co GSK	MRC-5 MRC-5	Aimmungen Not available in US	Kaketsuken (Japan & Europe)	Vero (monkey)
Hepatitis A & B	Twinrix	GSK	MRC-5	Engerix Hep-B Only Recombivax Hep-B Only	GSK Merck	Yeast Yeast
Measles, Mumps, Rubella	MMR II	Merck & Co	RA273, WI-38	None	N/A	N/A
Measles-Rubella	MR VAX	Merck & Co.	RA273, WI-38	Attenuvax – Measles	Merck	Chick embryo
Mumps-Rubella	Biavax II	Merck & Co.	RA273, WI-38	Mumpsvax – Mumps	Merck	Chick embryo
Rubella	Meruvax II	Merck & Co.	RA273, WI-38	Takahashi Not available in US	Kitasato Institute (Japan & Europe)	Rabbit
MMR + Chickenpox	ProQuad	Merck & Co.	RA273, WI-38, MRC-5	None	N/A	N/A
Polio	Poliovax	Sanofi Pasteur	MRC-5	IPOL	Sanofi Pasteur	Vero (monkey)
Rabies	Imovax	Sanofi Pasteur	MRC-5	RabAvert	Chiron	Chick embryo
Rheumatoid/OsteoArthritis	Enbrel	Immunex	WI-26 VA4	Synvisc	Genzyme Bio.	None
Sepsis	Xigris	Eli Lilly	HEK-293	Ask your doctor	N/A	N/A
Shingles	Zostavax	Merck & Co.	WI-38, MRC-5	None	N/A	N/A
Under Development Ebola	TBA	Crucell/NIH	PER C6	None	N/A	N/A
Under Development :Flu, Avian Flu	TBA	MedImmune Vaxin, Sanofi	PER C6, HEK-293	FluVirin, Flu Shield Flu Zone, Flu Blok	Chiron, Wyeth Sanofi ,Protein Sci	Chick embryo Caterpillar
New: HIV	TBA	Merck	PER C6	None	N/A	N/A
New: Smallpox	Acambis 1000	Acambis	MRC-5	ACAM2000 MVA3000	Acambis/Baxter	Vero (monkey) Chick embryo

 *TBA:  To Be Announced – Vaccine is under development; unnamed at present.   NOTE:  ALL CURRENT FLU VACCINES USE ETHICAL CELL LINES.

Physician Order Line:                                   

Merck (Measles, Mumps) 800-422-9675                       GSK: (Hepatitis-B) 866-475-8222       

Sanofi Pasteur: (Polio) 800-822-3463                             Chiron:(Rabies) 800 244-7668 (PST)                  Wyeth:  (Flu) 800 666-7248 

Note:  Immune-Globulin shots will provide temporary immunity (3-5 months) for Hepatitis-A and Rubella.  IGIM is a series of antibodies taken from donor blood designed to boost the immune system against specific diseases.  No aborted fetal cell lines are used.

  NOTE:  IF THE VACCINE YOU ARE QUESTIONING IS NOT LISTED HERE, IT DOES NOT USE ABORTED FETAL CELL LINES.

[mmercier]

How nice.

[the invisib1e hand]

the size -- the very existance -- of the human body parts industry condemns us as inferior to any barbarian society -- simply because we say we know better; we claim moral authority; we have superior technology....and we us it to do this?

[StAnDeliver]

"How nice."

In what way, newb?

[Alexander Rubin]

I think he's being sarcastic. ;)

[Irish_Thatcherite]

That's a great idea!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Ping.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I mean it's a great idea that we know where the vaccines come from. I forgot to clarify.

[mmercier]

Left off the /s.

Thanks.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Mark for reference.

[Grut]

I think maybe this information would be more convincing coming from a group without an axe to grind.

[2nsdammit]

Gee, you're right. It's much better to just let people die or be maimed from horrible diseases than to use our technology to develop vaccines, isn't it?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

This is disgusting news.

[Sally'sConcerns]

I haven't been paying much attention to vaccines as my son is 29, is unmarried with no prospect yet and even if he were to jump on the fast tract and get married in the next few weeks, there'd still be abit of time to do some research.

I'd like to understand a brief synopsis of how the aborted stem cells end up in the vaccines listed. I'd like to understand even if it gets down to repulsive methods of harvesting the cells, how they're transported, tested, etc., up until the time they become a standard ingredient in the vaccines.

Are there truly companies who purchase aborted fetuses and at what stage are the fetuses become viable for testing, how do the companies separate the stem cells from pregnancies terminated prior to 12 weeks.

Or do these companies use whole fetuses rather than separating out stem cells?

I am pro-life with one caveat and that's if the baby develops within the fallopian tubes since that's an automatic death sentence for the child and for the Mom.

Please help and please explain in terms I would feel comfortable in passing on to others.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

[Mr. Thorne]

Out of curiousity, excepting those with an 'ax to grind,' whom do you suppose would be inclined to put this information out?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

What, kill innocent children to save lives? Isn't murder worse than death by natural causes?