Anthony Fisher, Australia's most powerful Catholic Archbishop, takes to social media to warn followers to be wary of a vaccine being developed by Oxford University which includes cells from aborted human foetuses.
Australia's most powerful Archbishop has warned Catholics will have "ethical concerns" about the coronavirus vaccine the Federal Government struck a deal to purchase 25 million doses of last week.
The vaccine, which is considered among the frontrunners in the global race to combat COVID-19, has been developed from a kidney cell line taken from an aborted foetus, a common practice in medical research. The Australian Government last week signed an agreement with UK-based drug company AstraZeneca to secure 25 million doses of the potential COVID-19 vaccine if it clears trials.
"Whether this vaccine is successful or not, it is important that the Government does not create an ethical dilemma for people," Archbishop Fisher wrote on Facebook. Archbishop Fisher said he had written to the Prime Minister and urged him to pursue alternate vaccines which "do not use foetal cells in their development".
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