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USCCB decries federal official’s defense of aborted human remains in research

December 21, 2018

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CWN Editor's Note: Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, defended the use of fetal tissue derived from elective abortions. Greg Schleppenbach, associate director of the US Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, countered, “There is nothing pro-life about further violating these aborted babies by scavenging, even commodifying, their body parts for use in research.”

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