Archdiocese calls Johnson & Johnson vaccine 'morally compromised' due to abortion ties

[Ohiogal]

The Archdiocese of New Orleans is warning local Roman Catholics that the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is "morally compromised" and should be avoided, if possible, in favor of other vaccines because of a connection to abortion.

In recent weeks, public health officials in Louisiana and across the U.S. have advised against weighing the different vaccines against each other, telling residents that they should get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible and a shot is available.

In its statement, the archdiocese argued that cells used to develop, test and produce the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot were derived from abortions performed in the 1970s and 1980s.

As such, the vaccine is "morally compromised, as it uses the abortion-derived cell line in development and production of the vaccine as well as the testing," the statement said.

Though the developers of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines also relied on abortion cells, local church officials argued that the material was only used in lab testing.

Those vaccines "therefore can be morally acceptable for Catholics, as the connection to abortion is extremely remote," officials said.

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https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_652ae29e-7aaf-11eb-ad0b-33a248664219.html

***sigh***

[bullwinkle428]

1. OFFS!! THIS IS JUST WHAT WE NEED.

[Celerity]

2. Ah, nothing like religion to fuck things up for humans. It's been happening for 150,000 plus years

[SharonAnn]

12. So they aren't really "pro-life".

[dchill]

3. That's so constructive.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Is this from the Onion?

What is wrong with these people?????

This is vaccine to save lives!!!!!!!!

[Mariana]

16. This is the same church that preached against using condoms

to prevent the spread of HIV. Clearly, saving lives is not very high on their priority list.

[IcyPeas]

5. morally compromised...... what a joke. since when do they care about that.

sort of like a lot of catholic priests.

[SCantiGOP]

14. And you don't need to go back hundreds of years

to find horrific crimes they have been involved in during our lifetime.

[Thekaspervote]

7. OFFS!! Lives are at stake and they want to take some supposed high ground??!! Stop

[jrthin]

8. Morally comprised would be priests touching little children. Yet, you're

still in business.

[Autumn]

9. I consider the Catholic church to be 'morally compromised' due to child rapists.

Just saying.

[nolabear]

10. Yeeeeaaaaahhhh...I could tell stories about the New Orleans diocese.

Of course I don't have to. It's notorious, for about 400 years.

[DenaliDemocrat]

11. Cornholing little altar boys is morally corrupt too!

Fix that problem first. Then come and talk about your moral superiority!

[4Q2u2]

13. It is ok for the Church to take

The vaccine was developed by a pedophile and J and J covered it up.

Sarc

[Freethinker65]

15. Copernicus and Galileo.

[superpatriotman]

17. Don't want it?

Don’t take it.

I need it. I will take it.

[SoonerPride]

18. Fuck the Catholic Church and their pedophile coverup culture

Fuck them forever.

Fulls stop.

[SergeStorms]

19. Talk about "cancel culture".

Religion, in general, is a mental illness.

[Blue_true]

20. Another case of the pot calling a tarnished spoon black.

Maybe that prelate need to focus on cleaning out and helping to jail priests that molest little boys and girls.