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 : 
  

  
EC4137
  



  

  
Submitter : 
  

  
Mr. Carl  Aumen
  

  
Date & Time: 
  

  
12/22/2006 11:12:08
  



  

  
Organization : 
  

  
Mr. Carl  Aumen
  



  

  
Category : 
  

  
Individual Consumer
  



  

  
Issue Areas/Comments 
  


  

  


  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
 I write to strongly urge revision of the guidelines to explicitly prohibit

the use of tissue from directly aborted fetuses and destroyed embryos in

the future, in the development of vaccines to be approved by the FDA. I also

urge the FDA to encourage and approve the development of cell lines not

derived from tissue taken from directly aborted fetuses and the approval of

the importation of safe vaccines which have been manufactured without using

cell lines from aborted fetuses or destroyed embryos.







It only makes sense to utilize non-objectionable cell lines in vaccine

production so that all people can benefit from them without compromising

their moral beliefs and pro-life convictions. This is especially true

since there is an abundance of ethical sources for cell lines.



In so doing, the FDA will make it clear that here in the United States,

where the inalienable right to life is proclaimed in our Declaration of

Independence, no person's life--no matter how early in its

development--will be forfeited for the sake of others.