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Alberta Gov't Admits Cell-Lines from Aborted Babies used in Vaccines, Offers Ethical Alternative
By John-Henry Westen
OTTAWA, January 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Deputy Minister of Health in Alberta has admitted that the both federal and provincial public health agencies are aware that some vaccines in use in Canada were produced with the use of cell-lines from aborted babies. Furthermore, the Alberta government is set to provide alternative vaccines that are not tainted by abortion.
The admission comes in a letter to Canadian Physicians for Life (CPL) which wrote the government in November demanding an alternative to vaccines tainted by abortion. Alberta Health and Wellness Deputy Minister Paddy Meade, in a December 22 letter to CPL President Dr. Will Johnston, writes: "PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada) and Alberta Health and Wellness (AHW) are aware that some vaccines are made from human cell-line cultures which were derived from embryonic tissue from three medically indicated abortions conducted decades ago (1960s).
The letter from Alberta Health and Wellness also states that the Alberta Government will make Pediacel available in publicly funded immunization programs after March 2007.
Until this announcement, the only combined infant vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus B) available to Canadian parents was Pentacel, which is partly derived from a cell line created from aborted fetal tissue. Pediacel (same diseases) is not derived from fetal tissue.
In November, Canadian Physicians for Life sent a letter to each provincial health minister and the federal health minister, requesting that a choice between Pentacel and Pediacel be provided to parents who are morally troubled by the origins of the Pentacel vaccine.
Canadian Physicians for Life applauds Alberta's decision to provide an alternative to the ethically controversial Pentacel vaccine and requests other provinces to follow Alberta's lead in providing a choice to Canadian parents.
See the letter to Physicians for Life from Alberta Health and Welfare:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007_docs/Albertarevaccines....
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