Abortion prison sentence shows the law is focused on foetuses – why that’s dangerous for women: Emituu/Shutterstock The imprisonment of a woman in the UK for taking abortion pills at 32-34 weeks of pregnancy has shocked many. Most people are still unaware that abortion at any stage of pregnancy is illegal in England and Wales, …
Claims that foetuses are surrounded by bacteria in the womb are incorrect – new review: Turns out it is a sterile environment after all. Rawpixel/Shutterstock When a baby is born, its immune system is already developed to survive in a world full of germs. This developmental process is not only important for the baby but …
Cells from human foetuses are important for developing vaccines – but they’re not an ingredient: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a statement advising Catholics to opt for the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines over the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, if possible, because human embryonic cells collected from an aborted foetus were used …