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USCCB launches letter-writing campaign to pharmaceutical companies on vaccines and abortion

April 15, 2021

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CWN Editor's Note: “The Vatican urges everyone concerned for the sanctity of life to protest the use of abortion-derived cell lines and advocate for the development of vaccines with no connection to abortion,” the US bishops’ conference states. “To make it easier to take this action, we provide the following sample letters to pharmaceutical companies that are using abortion-derived cell lines to produce and/or test vaccines.”

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  • Posted by: dover beachcomber - Apr. 16, 2021 12:56 AM ET USA

    Nine months ago, when the vaccines were still being developed and tested, such a letter-writing campaign might have accomplished something. Now it’s far too late. It looks like nothing more than a little tardy window-dressing to me.