Posted on 08/11/2015 6:14:58 PM PDT by mlizzy
BOSTON (AP) — The furor on Capitol Hill over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from vision loss to cancer and AIDS.
Anti-abortion activists triggered the uproar by releasing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials that raised questions of whether the organization was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood has denied making any profit and said it charges fees solely to cover its costs.
University laboratories that buy such cells strongly defend their research, saying tissue that would otherwise be thrown out has played a vital role in lifesaving medical advances and holds great potential for further breakthroughs.
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“Not to mention, if it takes the killing of babies to cure something, maybe we are better off living with the malady.”
Yes, absolutely, but it doesn’t require this.
I agree, just making a personal observation.
I knew what you meant - and was just agreeing and adding my two cents.
Any headline that starts with “Scientists say” should arouse suspicion. Another profession that was honored at one time and seldom questioned and yet some have purposely transformed it.
Scientists Say Fetal Tissue Essential for Medical Research
NO, IT IS NOT!
Hitler and Joseph Mengela would be proud.
Scientists also say AGW is real and Coca Cola will not make you fat.
Haven’t been keeping up, but last i heard was that nearly all the medical headway was being made with adult stem cells and they kept “hoping that someday they would have a breakthrough with fetal stem cells”. Did something change or did they decide the old argument was forgotten enough that it could be dusted off for another round?
Yes, I thought that too. I guess they just can’t keep their [dead] hearts off the slaughtered baby parts...
How do we even know that certain cell lines purportedly used for 'those' vaccines were established from the tissue of murdered babies, as opposed to cells of pre-natal children who died from natural causes?
Cordially,
Okaaayyy...what are they using the organs and the brains for?
Some of these genocidal, homicidal manics need to be in GITMO! There is plenty of room for ‘em.
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