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Until this announcement, the only combined infant vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus B) available to Canadian parents was Pentacel, which is partly derived from a cell line created from aborted fetal tissue. Pediacel (same diseases) is not derived from fetal tissue. Pentacel has been publicly funded in the regular childhood vaccination programs. In November, Canadian Physicians for Life sent a letter to each provincial health minister and the federal health minister, requesting that a choice between Pentacel and Pediacel be provided to parents who are morally troubled by the origins of the Pentacel vaccine. Canadian Physicians for Life applauds Alberta's decision to provide an alternative to the ethically controversial Pentacel vaccine and requests other provinces to follow Alberta's lead in providing a choice to Canadian parents. -30- For more information contact: Rene
Leiva, MD Canadian Physicians for Life is an educational organization representing physicians who hold that reverence for every human life lies at the root of all medical tradition. Through the ages, this tradition has been expressed in the Oath of Hippocrates. It was rephrased in modern times in the Declaration of Geneva (1948), which says in part, ?I will maintain the utmost respect for human life, from the time of conception; even under threat, I will not use my medical knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity. |
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