Receiving a diabetes treatment produced with embryonic stem cells signals a willingness on our part to tolerate the killing of younger human beings in order to benefit others who are older.
Read MoreInstead of imposing the requirement to get vaccinated, leaders would do better to share and explain to students the benefits and risks of vaccinations — scientific and ethical — to help them decide.
Read MoreBut Catholics have to be on guard against anti-science prophets, no matter how well meaning, and the false witness they bear.
Read MoreThese considerations show us how it is important not to gloss over the distinctions among various COVID-19 vaccines.
Read MoreI’m often asked whether sample letters are available to help with writing to vaccine manufacturers who use abortion-derived cell lines.
Read MoreIf we end up facing a choice among multiple COVID-19 vaccines of similar or equal safety and efficacy, as appears likely, it will clearly be preferable to choose alternatives with a better ethical profile.
Read MoreWhen a vaccine is determined to be safe and effective, it will often make sense for healthy individuals to choose, on their own initiative, to get immunized.
Read MoreCoercion through a universal vaccine mandate raises ethical concerns, especially when appropriate exemptions are unavailable.
Read More…we shouldn’t argue against vaccines in ways that make neither ethical nor scientific sense.
Read MoreVaccines are real “game changers” in public health. As a society, we must continue to insist that vaccine development and production be held to the highest ethical standards.
Read MoreBecause the recommendations of the committee relate to important aspects of human behavior and sexuality at formative ages for children and adolescents, parents need to look at the psychological and social messages they might be conveying by choosing to vaccinate their children against HPV.
Read MoreThe Pontifical Academy of Life document reaches a different conclusion, namely, that even when a vaccine is made from aborted material, and when no other form of that vaccine exists, parents may indeed vaccinate their children.
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