{"id":13180,"date":"2004-10-22T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-22T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13180"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:39:50","slug":"ethical-analyses-of-vaccines-grown-in-human-cell-strains-derived-from-abortion-arguments-and-internet-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13180","title":{"rendered":"Ethical analyses of vaccines grown in human cell strains derived from abortion: Arguments and Internet search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Richard Kent Zimmerman<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/vaccine.jpg\" alt=\"Vaccine\" class=\"wp-image-15713\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vaccine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The fact that certain vaccines are grown in cell strains derived decades ago from an aborted fetus is a concern for some. To understand such concerns, a standardized search identified internet sites discussing vaccines and abortion. Ethical concerns raised include autonomy, conscience, coherence, and immoral material complicity. Two strategies to analyse moral complicity show that vaccination is ethical: the abortions were past events separated in time, agency, and purpose from vaccine production. Rubella disease during pregnancy results in many miscarriages and malformations. Altruism, the burden of rubella disease, and protection by herd immunity argue for widespread vaccination although autonomous decisions and personal conscience should be respected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Zimmerman RK. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0264410X04003834?via%3Dihub\">Ethical analyses of vaccines grown in human cell strains derived from abortion: Arguments and Internet search<\/a>. Vaccine. 2004 Oct 2004;22(31-32):4238-4244. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Kent Zimmerman AbstractThe fact that certain vaccines are grown in cell strains derived decades ago from an aborted fetus is a concern for some. To understand such concerns, a standardized search identified internet sites discussing vaccines and abortion. Ethical concerns raised include autonomy, conscience, coherence, and immoral material complicity. Two strategies to analyse moral &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13180\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ethical analyses of vaccines grown in human cell strains derived from abortion: Arguments and Internet search&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,554,2,659,1584,23],"tags":[1708],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ethics","category-journal-article","category-philosophy","category-public-health","category-vaccinations","tag-richard-kent-zimmerman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Ethical analyses of vaccines grown in human cell strains derived from abortion: Arguments and Internet search - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Being vaccinated is not complicit in abortion &amp; ethical. 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