Some Concerned Vaccine a Product of Abortion

But the story does explain “it was HEK 293 kidney cells that were used. These are believed to have originated with an abortion, but note my use of the singular. HEK 293s are not continuously gathered as more abortions are performed. They were originally gleaned from a 1973 procedure in the Netherlands and have since been reproduced in labs for various research purposes. Dr. Lee explained in an interview with National Review that “a fetal cell line is not the same as fetal tissue.’” The story also notes “ these vaccines have been held to the same Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards as any other vaccine; the new, mRNA-based vaccine does nothing to change your DNA, as some skeptics have supposed; and they have proven just as effective among the elderly and infirm as among the young and healthy” (National Review). 

The Vatican gave Catholics the go-ahead to take the vaccine (New York Post).