Faith & Politics – COVID Vaccines and Catholic Ethics

    COVID Vaccines and Catholic ethics.  On this episode, Chris is joined by National Catholic Bioethics Center-trained ethicist Cameo Anders.  They discuss the development and rollout of COVID vaccines, and an ethical component to be aware of.  Summary:  The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are not developed with aborted fetal tissue cells, Read more…

COVID Vaccines and Catholic ethics.  On this episode, Chris is joined by National Catholic Bioethics Center-trained ethicist Cameo Anders.  They discuss the development and rollout of COVID vaccines, and an ethical component to be aware of.  Summary:  The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are not developed with aborted fetal tissue cells, though their efficacy may have been validated with a lab test with such a connection, giving them a remote connection to the evil of abortion. This connection to a tainted test is even more remote than if the vaccine itself had been developed using an abortion-connected cell line. For a person to receive such a vaccine can been described as “remote mediate material cooperation” with the evil of abortion. It is morally permissible to receive such a vaccine if there is a “proportional reason,” such as serious risk to one’s health, and when no alternative exists.

Also see:

– Charlotte Lozier Institute chart on vaccine abortion connections:

https://s27589.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/12.04.20-warp-speed-vaccines.pdf

– USCCB document on Conscience and Vaccines (2015):

https://www.usccb. org/beliefs-and-teachings/how- we-teach/catholic-education/ upload/Vaccines-Conscience- Exemption-updated-April-2015. pdf

– SDCC page with additional resources:

http://www.sdcatholicconference.org/ covid-19-vaccinations-sd/