2006D-0383
  

  
 Characterization and Qualification of Cell Substrates and Other Biological Starting Materials Used in the Production of Viral Vaccines for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases

  


  

  

  


  

  


  

  


  

  


  

  


  

  
FDA Comment Number : 
  

  
EC2558
  



  

  
Submitter : 
  

  
Ms. Pat Goltz
  

  
Date & Time: 
  

  
12/05/2006 10:12:10
  



  

  
Organization : 
  

  
Ms. Pat Goltz
  



  

  
Category : 
  

  
Individual Consumer
  



  

  
Issue Areas/Comments 
  


  

  


  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
 To Whom It May Concern:



It is critical that you NOT allow the pharmaceutical industry to use fetal cells from human sources for vaccines. There are many of us who will never use such vaccines. If you expect the highest compliance level with vaccination for children, you must not force parents to choose between their unwillingness to engage in cannibalism and killing of the unborn on the one hand, and compliance with the law on the other. When human fetal cells are used, many of us will not have anything to do with the vaccine or treatment. This means that these will be unavailable to us. We pay taxes, too, and we are entitled to ethical sources of treatment that are regulated or funded by the government. If human fetal cells are being used, this means that development of these vaccines will have to take place again, which will mean extra and unnecessary expense. In fact, the use of human fetal material is not even necessary, so it should never be used. And in fact, there needs to be a newly developed rabies vaccine because of this problem. All other vaccines that currently use human fetal material also must be redesigned.



I URGE you NOT to allow the use of unethical sources such as human fetal cells or other materials from human beings, so that this dilemma will never be a problem. Thank you.