re: Info on Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine

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Some of the COVID-19 vaccines being studied in clinical trials use cells originally isolated from
fetal tissue (often referred to as fetal cells) in various stages of vaccine development and
manufacturing.
Historical fetal cell lines were derived in the 1960’s and 1970’s from two elective abortions that
were not performed for the purpose of vaccine development. Fetal cell lines were used to create
vaccines for diseases such as hepatitis A, rubella, and rabies. The fetal cells lines being used to
produce some of the potential COVID-19 vaccines are from two sources:
? HEK-293: A kidney cell line that was isolated from a terminated fetus in 1972
? PER.C6: A retinal cell line that was isolated from a terminated fetus in 1985
Any vaccine that relies on these historic cell lines will not require new abortions.

The non-replicating viral vector vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson did require the use of
fetal cell cultures, specifically PER.C6, in order to produce and manufacture the vaccine.
The Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission have both
stated that receiving a COVID-19 vaccine that required fetal cell lines for production or
manufacture is morally acceptable.

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