Posted on 08/13/2015 6:46:02 AM PDT by LS
In a 1992 study, Carson and his colleagues from Johns Hopkins used fetal tissue to better understand how the human brain develops. But in the wake of the Planned Parenthood videos, the presidential candidate has called fetal tissue research “disturbing.”
Ben Carson, a Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate, previously did research using human fetal tissue.
In the wake of the hidden-camera videos showing Planned Parenthood doctors discussing how to provide aborted fetuses to scientific researchers, Carson has told Fox News that the benefits of this research have been “overpromised” and “under-delivered.”
Late on Wednesday, an OB/GYN and science writer Jen Gunter revealed on her blog a 1992 study in which Carson and three other colleagues used tissue from the fetal brain and nasal cavity to better understand the development of the chambers (or “ventricles”) of the brain. These tissues “were obtained from two fetuses aborted at the ninth and and 17th week of gestation,” the paper says.
Last month on the Fox News program The Kelly File, Carson said:
“At 17 weeks, you’ve got a nice little nose and little fingers and hands and the heart’s beating. It can respond to environmental stimulus. How can you believe that that’s just an irrelevant mass of cells? That’s what they want you to believe, when in fact it is a human being.”
Aborted fetuses have been used for a wide variety of medical research for decades. The vast majority of scientists who depend on this tissue are refusing to talk about it, afraid of retribution from anti-abortion activists.
“As a neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson knows full well that fetal tissue is essential for medical research,” Gunter wrote in her post. “His discipline would have a hard time being [where] it is today without that kind of work.”
A representative from the Carson campaign said they are not commenting at this TIme.
And so it begins..
Oh no he di’int!
Ben Carson seems like a decent guy I don’t believe any of their attacks.
In 92 Dr. Carson was still a liberal.
He has come over from the Dark Side.
The question is .... WILL he and if he does .... will anyone HEAR it ?
Unless he's interviewed by Kelly or other "famous" voice(s) ... no one will hear him
Consider his demeanor and humor/logic at the debate .....
Probably the first time many people knew Dr Carson was an interesting human being
Doubtless, it's going to be tough.
FWIW, votes have had it with hypocrisy.
Candidates are going to have to deal with it. The way this campaign is shaping up, there aren't going to be any kept secrets.
“I don’t know that it needs to be banned, but it should be made very clear to people that the types of things we’re discovering by using fetal tissue can also be discovered by using non-fetal tissue. So it’s not like it is the only source as they try to make it sound,” Carson told msnbc.
From Buzzfeed? Consider the extreme left-wing source funded by GE and NBC.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3324188/posts
He’s toast if it’s true. I’m not sure if anyone wants to hear fighting from someone who used aborted baby body parts in medical research.
Can Carson fight back like Trump? Stay tuned.
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TRUMP: Hey, they filed bankruptcy too. So what if I was just gaming the system?
CARSON: Hey they did fetal tissue reaseach using aborted babies too! So what if I did also? It’s legal.
ME: Puke. Both arguments are weak, lame and show no conviction for doing the right thing.
I agree. Can he/will he make that argument?
Check out the title found about a half-dozen threads down:
“NBC WEAPONIZES FOR HILLARY: FUNNELS $400 MILLION TO EXTREME-LEFT BUZZFEED & VOX”
I seriously doubt the large majority of Americans are against researching ANY type of tissue provided it is obtained ethically and legally, which is the case here. You don't like it, but I'm betting that is a very significant majority opinion. And the whole PP video thing has not caught on because so far none of the women has made it about the stolen money---that PP defrauded them by saying they were donating the tissue instead of selling it. No matter how distasteful it may be to you, THAT argument in a class action suit will likely be the successful argument that stops profiting from abortions, and when you take the profit out, you go a very long way to closing it down.
Link here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1612580
I see the Dirty Tricks squads are already out. It’s going to get ugly until things get sorted out.
If its not Trump they attack it will be Cruz or Carson bank on it. The RINOs lust to stay in power is disgusting.
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