COVID Vaccines

MORAL QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID VACCINES?

Because there is a connection between some COVID vaccines and abortion, questions have been raised about their use. For information about this issue, several resources are available below:

U.S. Bishops’ Documents

• Answers to Key Ethical Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines (January 6, 2021)
• Moral Considerations Regarding the New COVID-19 Vaccines (December 14, 2020)

Article by Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D, Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. The article  includes a chart listing all potential vaccines, their association to abortion derived cells, and each’s “Ethical Profile.” 

• “Must Catholics refuse a COVID-19 vaccine made with a cell line from an abortion?”