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Hey! Something important I've found out about the Covid vaccine is that all of them have as a key ingredient cells from aborted babies. Is there a moral ground for someone Catholic considering the vaccine? Can you give sources? Thanks!

You’re in luck! The Catholic Medical Association just released a statement!!! I’ll put some select snippets below (emphasis will be added) and also link the entire thing!

PHYSICIAN SUPPORT FOR ETHICAL VACCINES A Joint Statement by: American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Pediatricians, Catholic Medical Association, Christian Medical and Dental Associations

“There are many vaccine candidates under development with newer technologies that have received much attention.  These include the use of viral genetic material (mRNA and DNA), the synthesis of viral protein in a laboratory, and the incorporation of coronavirus genetic information into another harmless carrier virus that is then injected.  The use of these techniques has produced very few effective and approved vaccines for any viral infection thus far.  Recent reports of the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, which are both mRNA vaccines, are encouraging.  Although it is true that the animal-phase testing for these vaccines used abortion-derived fetal cells, commendably, it does not appear that production methods utilized such cells.”

“Considerable attention is also being directed at the use of adenoviruses, a group of common respiratory viruses.  After disabling the virus and inserting coronavirus genetic material, the resulting product could be used for vaccination.  However, as with other newer vaccines, the adenovirus delivery protocol has not produced a licensed vaccine despite many years of attempts.  Of further concern is the standard use of abortion-derived fetal cell lines to produce these vaccines by companies such as AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.  Sadly, many other current vaccine candidates being developed also utilize cell lines derived from aborted babies for their production. Fortunately, there are alternatives that do not violate this basic ethical and moral standard.  Over the past decades, more than fifty viral vaccines have been approved using an attenuated or inactivated vaccine.”

“Current information regarding potential vaccines for COVID-19, including details regarding the possible use of abortion-derived fetal cell lines, can be found at the Charlotte Lozier Institute website:  https://lozierinstitute.org.“ 

HERE’S THE LINK FOR THE ENTIRE PRESS RELEASE: https://www.cathmed.org/joint-statement-physician-support-for-ethical-vaccines/  

Hope this helps!!! ~B

EDIT:  National Catholic Bioethics Center Covid-19 Resources and the NCBCC’s “Points to Consider on the Use of COVID-19 Vaccines”

EDIT #2: USCCB’s “MORAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE NEW COVID-19 VACCINES”    

“There are currently three vaccines that have been presented to us as having demonstrated their effectiveness and that are likely to be made available in the coming months, those from Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. The situation of the first two is essentially the same. Neither Pfizer nor Moderna used morally compromised cell lines in the design, development, or production of the vaccine. A confirmatory test, however, employing the commonly used, but morally compromised HEK293 cell line (has its origin in kidney cells taken from the body of a child aborted in the Netherlands in 1972) was performed on both vaccines. Thus, while neither vaccine is completely free from any connection to morally compromised cell lines, in this case the connection is very remote from the initial evil of the abortion. 

In view of the gravity of the current pandemic and the lack of availability of alternative vaccines, the reasons to accept the new COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are sufficiently serious to justify their use, despite their remote connection to morally compromised cell lines. In addition, receiving the COVID-19 vaccine ought to be understood as an act of charity toward the other members of our community. In this way, being vaccinated safely against COVID-19 should be considered an act of love of our neighbor and part of our moral responsibility for the common good. 

The AstraZeneca vaccine is more morally compromised. The HEK293 cell line was used in the design, development, and production stages of that vaccine, as well as for confirmatory testing... The AstraZeneca vaccine should be avoided if there are alternatives available.”

EDIT #3: Just saw this post and thought I’d add it!

The statement by the bishops of the UK makes this clear:

“The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Academy of Life have expressed the view that one may in good conscience and for a grave reason receive a vaccine sourced in this way [viz., “developed from cell-lines originating from the cells of an aborted foetus in 1983″], provided that there is a sufficient moral distance between the present administration of the vaccine and the original wrongful action.

“In the COVID-19 pandemic, we judge that this grave reason exists and that one does not sin by receiving the vaccine.”

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