Catholic University to continue use of cells from aborted fetuses.GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Medical Center Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) is the medical campus at Georgetown University. It is co-located with Georgetown University Hospital on the University's main campus in Washington, DC. , a Catholic institution in Washington, DC, has announced that it will continue to use cells from aborted a·bort v. a·bort·ed, a·bort·ing, a·borts v.intr. 1. To give birth prematurely or before term; miscarry. 2. To cease growth before full development or maturation. 3. fetuses in research. After a complaint from an antiabortion an·ti·a·bor·tion adj. Opposed to induced abortion: the antiabortion movement. an group, an internal ethical review made the decision after consulting with scientists involved in the research, who argued that ending the use of the cells in question would jeopardize years of work and funding. Some of the involved cell lines were derived from cells that were harvested from aborted fetuses in Europe nearly 40 years ago, while others are more recent. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Washington Post, Rev. Kevin T. FitzGerald, a university bioethicist, argued that the benefits to society far outweigh the harm done by using the cells, because the abortions were not performed for the purpose of providing the cells to scientists. "Obviously, we don't live in an ideal world. We do the best we can," he said. |
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