His involvement was providing tumor samples from not-aborted babies to researchers who were also using tissue samples from aborted babies.
If you say so.
‘Ben Carson defends research on fetal tissue
By JOSEPH LAWLER (@JOSEPHLAWLER) • 8/15/15 12:28 PM
Former pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson this week defended research he published in 1992 that involved fetal tissue, arguing that his use of brain tissue from aborted fetuses was not equivalent to Planned Parenthood’s practice of providing specimens to third-party tissue companies after performing abortions.
“Killing babies and harvesting tissue for sale is very different than taking a dead specimen and keeping a record of it, which is exactly the source of the tissue used in our research,” Carson said in a statement Friday.
Carson, a famed neurosurgeon before entering politics and becoming a Republican candidate for president, published research in an academic journal in 1992 based on brain tissue taken from two aborted fetuses.
The research was brought to light Tuesday by obstetrician-gynecologist Jen Gunter, who wrote a blog post taking fault with Carson for criticizing Planned Parenthood and saying that medical research doesn’t rely on the provision of fetal tissue.
Carson, who is pro-life and has spoken out against Planned Parenthood, argued that there is a distinction between his research and the practices that have raised an uproar over Planned Parenthood in recent weeks.
“To not use the tissue that is in a tissue bank, regardless of where it comes from, would be foolish,” Carson said on CNN Thursday. “Why would anybody not do that?”’
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