By Brian Simboli, LifeNews, Dec 11, 2024
LifeNews Note: Brian Simboli, Ph.D. is an independent researcher and writer. He volunteers with Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation as a research associate.
Washington, DC – Now is an opportune time for pro-lifers to advocate defunding research using tissue from abortion.
A confluence of factors explains why. The incoming administration is now considering defunding Planned Parenthood, which has a history of purveying body parts used in this type of research. Later-term abortions received much attention in the recent election cycle. The previous Trump administration took an interest in this issue. Finally, recently disclosed documents about UC San Diego’s relationship with Planned Parenthood once again pose the question whether researchers use live babies harvested for body parts.
The Rationale for Defunding
Defunding this type of research is necessary to address its inherent moral problems. Should there be any lingering questions, consider the ghoulish, Mengelian research spectacle described here–a reductio ad absurdum of arguments that defend research using tissue from abortions. …
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