tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post8499687085890265272..comments2023-02-15T02:25:50.557-08:00Comments on Mamma Vintage: A Second Modest ProposalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-39754665095717741452013-01-15T20:08:11.246-08:002013-01-15T20:08:11.246-08:00Thanks Erin. It is really sad to see what is happe...Thanks Erin. It is really sad to see what is happening and where legalizing abortion has led us. I am hoping that more people will become aware of the types of things that are happening because of it. Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796420853053533196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-91173293606149003242013-01-15T19:46:47.476-08:002013-01-15T19:46:47.476-08:00Thanks Sarah. I know that the vaccination fetal ce...Thanks Sarah. I know that the vaccination fetal cell lines are from two in particular abortions that occurred in the 1960's. I think it is harder to know the source of other fetal cell lines and the fetal tissues that are being experimented on. For me, it really doesn't matter if it happened in the 1960's or recently. I believe it's wrong and don't want to support it or have anything to do with it. <br /><br />I also realize that abortion won't cease to exist if we stopped using these fetal cell lines. I also think a lot of this is a slippery slope and we need to be very, very careful where these types of decisions could lead us. I find it confusing, frustrating and upsetting that if this same type of experimentation was done on aborted animals, there would be a huge protest. <br /><br />The Henrietta Lacks case is very interesting and sheds light on the types of consequences there are when these kinds of decisions are not thought through. <br /><br />Perhaps outrage at this point won't make a difference. But that doesn't stop me from being outraged. To me, this is all wrong. And from the people who I have talked to about it, my understanding is that most people don't know about this. And as a society, we need to be informed and educated about medical ethics so that we can all make the right choice for ourselves. I know many who after learning about this are going to start expressing their views to their doctors and asking for the alternative vaccines when possible. Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796420853053533196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-48256583297683530742013-01-15T10:12:29.313-08:002013-01-15T10:12:29.313-08:00Thank you for posting this. I was aware of some of...Thank you for posting this. I was aware of some of this but not to this extent. It is really sad that this is happening. <br />Erin WilkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-84310077758787165092013-01-15T06:41:52.022-08:002013-01-15T06:41:52.022-08:00The vast majority of fetal cell lines were develop...The vast majority of fetal cell lines were developed years ago and serve as a very important tool in science. It isn't as though the cell lines used to make the components are coming from freshly aborted fetuses. The fetal cell lines used for vaccines, for example, came from abortions that are older than me and pre-date Roe v. Wade by a decade. http://www.drwile.com/lnkpages/render.asp?vac_abortion<br /><br />It isn't as though abortion is going to cease to exist if we no longer use these cell lines for scientific endeavors. There is no profit to women who have abortions to push them to have more to produce more cells. They can be and have been propagated in the laboratory for decades. The truth is that the cells are used to prepare proteins for all kinds of things as you mention but it isn't creating a demand for more abortions for more cells.<br /><br />The early days of cell culture had scientists doing all sorts of things that are ethically dubious. I would recommend reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks which chronicles the development of another adult cell line. There were certainly ethical lines that were crossed at the time when that happened just as there were ethical lines crossed in the development of fetal cell lines. I'm not sure that the outrage over this now makes very much difference. But I do understand that the prospect of purchasing items that used fetal cells is unnerving for many.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655750254569374358noreply@blogger.com