What about the Accusations of Planned Parenthood Selling the Tissue of Aborted Fetuses?
Series of videos released by the Center for Medical Progress in attempts to expose Planned Parenthood in the illegal sale of aborted fetal tissue have certainly generated controversy, and it is chilling to think that such kinds of negotiations would even take place.
CNN reports seven videos have been released. Eric Ferrero, Vice President of Communication, Planned Parenthood of America suggest the Center for Medical Progress has “close ties with organizations and individuals who have been linked to the firebombing of abortion clinics and threats to the physical safety of doctors who provide abortion” and their “real agenda” is “to ban abortion and limit women's access to reproductive health care at Planned Parenthood.” CNN also indicates that StemExpress, which “coordinates with clinics and hospitals to obtain human tissue and blood” has severed ties with Planned Parenthood.
In spite of the damning videos, a few would contend Planned Parenthood has acted within the law. A Huffington Post piece suggest that while the sale of fetal parts is illegal, Planned Parenthood was donating theirs, which is legal, albeit accepting reimbursements to cover “additional expenses,” such as “transportation costs,” and they never profited from the donations. The same article quotes Ferrero saying, “In health care, patients sometimes want to donate tissue to scientific research that can help lead to medical breakthroughs, such as treatments and cures for serious diseases.”
Whether sold or donated there is still something reprehensible about the terminating of life inside the womb followed by the harvesting of the remains for the sake of producing some good out of the whole ordeal. Ferrero moral reasoning is consequentialism, or the idea that the outcomes of personal and societal choices trump all other consideration.
Consequentialism is also in concert with the ethics of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. For example, working of the premise of human overpopulation (a faulty one at that), Sanger contended “the most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” In an article entitled, “Margaret Sanger: ‘No Gods No Masters,’ ” Bob Perry explores Sanger’s consequentialism, particularly its influences in the world, and finds “the effect has been to disregard the intrinsic value of human life by focusing on eliminating the unpleasant realities that go with living that life.” To check out Perry’s full article, click here.
Abortion is immoral because it takes the life of a child inside the womb, and the deeming of abortion as an unthinkable choice is the right thing to do. All this would trump any notion that some moral goodness can be found in the permitting abortion since there remains the possibility that the use of fetal remains for medical research may bring about something beneficial.
~ WGN
CNN reports seven videos have been released. Eric Ferrero, Vice President of Communication, Planned Parenthood of America suggest the Center for Medical Progress has “close ties with organizations and individuals who have been linked to the firebombing of abortion clinics and threats to the physical safety of doctors who provide abortion” and their “real agenda” is “to ban abortion and limit women's access to reproductive health care at Planned Parenthood.” CNN also indicates that StemExpress, which “coordinates with clinics and hospitals to obtain human tissue and blood” has severed ties with Planned Parenthood. In spite of the damning videos, a few would contend Planned Parenthood has acted within the law. A Huffington Post piece suggest that while the sale of fetal parts is illegal, Planned Parenthood was donating theirs, which is legal, albeit accepting reimbursements to cover “additional expenses,” such as “transportation costs,” and they never profited from the donations. The same article quotes Ferrero saying, “In health care, patients sometimes want to donate tissue to scientific research that can help lead to medical breakthroughs, such as treatments and cures for serious diseases.”
Whether sold or donated there is still something reprehensible about the terminating of life inside the womb followed by the harvesting of the remains for the sake of producing some good out of the whole ordeal. Ferrero moral reasoning is consequentialism, or the idea that the outcomes of personal and societal choices trump all other consideration.
Consequentialism is also in concert with the ethics of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. For example, working of the premise of human overpopulation (a faulty one at that), Sanger contended “the most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” In an article entitled, “Margaret Sanger: ‘No Gods No Masters,’ ” Bob Perry explores Sanger’s consequentialism, particularly its influences in the world, and finds “the effect has been to disregard the intrinsic value of human life by focusing on eliminating the unpleasant realities that go with living that life.” To check out Perry’s full article, click here.
Abortion is immoral because it takes the life of a child inside the womb, and the deeming of abortion as an unthinkable choice is the right thing to do. All this would trump any notion that some moral goodness can be found in the permitting abortion since there remains the possibility that the use of fetal remains for medical research may bring about something beneficial.
~ WGN
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