Should Catholics Get Vaccinated?

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Some vaccines are developed using cell lines derived from the tissue of aborted babies. Are Catholics permitted to get these vaccines?

Resources:

- Is there aborted fetal tissue in vaccines? https://www.hli.org/resources/aborted-fetal-tissue-in-vaccines/

- May Catholics get the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine? https://www.hli.org/resources/johnson-and-johnson-catholic-church/

-Products that use aborted fetuses: https://www.hli.org/resources/products-that-use-aborted-fetuses/

-Dignitatis Personae: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20081208_dignitas-personae_en.html

-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note on the Morality of Using Some Anti-COVID-19 Vaccines: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20201221_nota-vaccini-anticovid_en.html

-Pontifical Academy for Life, Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses: https://www.pdcnet.org/C1257D43006C9AB1/file/B3945E0E17A0025085257D94004A597D/$FILE/ncbq_2006_0006_0003_0145_0154.pdf

-National Catholic Bioethics Center, Points to Consider on COVID-19 Vaccines and Abortion-Derived Cell Lines: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e3ada1a6a2e8d6a131d1dcd/t/606e09919576a84913c02975/1617824145839/COVIDVAX.pdf

-Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute's vaccine charts: https://soundchoice.org/vaccines/vaccine-chart/

-Children of God for Life: https://cogforlife.org/

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