Covid vaccines developed using cell lines from an aborted baby raise vital ethical questions, the Christian Medical Fellowship says.
Most of the 100 potential vaccines being investigated across the world use a cell line derived originally from a child aborted in Holland in 1973. Known as HEK293, it has also been used in cancer research and in developing commonly accepted vaccinations such as rubella, hepatitis A and rabies. By contrast, a smaller number of possible Covid vaccines, including the one at Imperial College, London, are synthetically derived.
Poll responses
An online poll for Evangelicals Now reveals that 45% of respondents would take a vaccine derived from foetal cell lines ‘with some reservations’, 13% would definitely not, 21% said they would need more information before making a decision, and another 21% said they would take any Covid vaccine, full stop.
