An Injection that stings

Even pro-lifers deserve a choice

February 14, 2007 | by Peter Jon Mitchell , Senior Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Public Health Agency of Canada  (2005, Feb.1) Interchangeability of  diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, polio, haemophilus influenzae type B combination vaccines presently approved fro use in Canada for children < 7 years of age. Canada Communicable Disease Report vol.31, acs.1. 4.
  2. Leiva, R. (2006, Autumn) A brief history of human diploid cell strains. The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly vol.6 no.3, 443.
  3. Leiva, 446-450.
  4. Leiva, 444.
  5. Leiva, 446, 450.
  6. Aborted fetal tissue behind many vaccines (2006, May 17) Today’s Family News retrieved from http://www.fotf.ca/tfn/life/stories/051006.html
  7. R. Leiva, personal communication, January 12, 2007.
  8. Nobel laureates’ letter to President Bush (2001, February 21) Washington Post [Electronic version] retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A37117-2001Feb21&notFound=true
    ‘Pluripotent’ is derived from Latin meaning ‘many powered.’ Pluripotent stem cells possess the potential to develop into any tissue type or organ.
    Pluripotent stem cell (2003) J.B. Leikin, M.S. Lipsky (eds.) American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopaedia. New York: Random House Publishing.
  9. Nobel laureates’
  10. Advanced Cell Technology: Company Overview retrieved January 15, 2007  http://www.advancedcell.com/company
    For a transcript of an interview with Advanced Cell Technology President and CEO Dr. Michael West regarding cloning human embryos, see http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/11/25/cloning.west.cnna/
  11. See the Journal of Experimental Medicine for a study on the potential somatic human cells extracted from cord blood. Kögler,G. et al. (2004, July 19) A new human somatic stem cell from placental cord blood with intrinsic pluripotent differential potential JEM vol.200 no.2, 123-135. http://www.jem.org/cgi/content/abstract/200/2/123
    For a brief discussion on the viability of non embryonic sources of stem cells see Giesbrecht, G. (2006, spring/summer) When does it all begin? IMFC Review, 18-20. http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/IMFC_SpringReview.pdf
  12. For an analysis of the role of the new Assisted Human Reproductive Agency in Canada that oversees productive technologies, see Fraher,K. (2006, December 5) Which came first – the agency or the egg? e-Review no.4. http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/December_%205_%202006.pdf
  13. Giesbrecht, G. (2006, spring/summer) When does it all begin? IMFC Review, 22. http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/IMFC_SpringReview.pdf