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Vaccinations: Pro-life Update

Although my husband and I choose not to have our children vaccinated purely for health reasons, I feel it is important for those parents who do use vaccines to be informed of religious reasons beyond health reasons for not having your children vaccinated. Making such a decision should not be taken lightly and should be researched with choices carefully weighed. The information I am providing in this article was written by Maria Gallagher from LifeNews.com

In case you didn't know most vaccines used today are developed from cell lines taken from aborted babies. It is important to check with your family physician to make sure they give your child vaccines that do not come from aborted babies. The pharmaceutical giant Merck has confirmed that single dose Attenuvax(Measles) and Mumpsvax(Mumps) are now available to family physicians. "These vaccines are made from chick embryo not aborted fetal cell lines," said Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director of Children of God for Life. "And we are continuing to pressure them to provide us with an 'untainted' rubella and chickenpox vaccine."

The issue is particularly critical for school-age children, since many state health departments around the nation require students to be vaccinated before entering public or private schools. In such instances, pro-life parents must apply for a religious exemption from the vaccine requirement in order to ensure school enrollment for their children.