One of the spin offs of abortions has been the use of fetal cells in treating diseases like diabetes, Parkinson’s, etc. The claim is that fetal cells have not developed their own immunological identity and thus are not as vulnerable to rejection problems. In Popular Science (October, 1999, pages 77-81) is an article about the use of fetal pig cells in treating Parkinson’s. The success story points out that the advantage of pig fetal cells is the same as the advantage of human fetal cells. Justifying abortion on this basis seems to be increasingly difficult to do. Not only...
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