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October 28, 2009 | 3 Comments
While the cultural tide may be turning against abortion, it looks like we still have a way to go.
Children of God for Life announced today that Neocutis, a bio-pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology and skin care is using aborted fetal cell lines to produce several of their anti-aging skin creams.
“It is absolutely deplorable that Neocutis would resort to exploiting the remains of a deliberately slaughtered baby for nothing other than pure vanity and financial gain,” stated Executive Director Debi Vinnedge. “There is simply no moral justification for this.”
For years Children of God for Life has been a watchdog on pharmaceutical companies using aborted fetal cell lines in medical products and they have received thousands of inquiries from the public on the use of aborted fetal material in cosmetics.
Until now, this was the first time they have encountered any company bold enough to put the information right on their own website and product literature. A quick investigation into the science behind the products revealed the shameless data.
Neocutis’ key ingredient known as “Processed Skin Proteins” was developed at the University of Luasanne from the skin tissue of a 14-week gestation electively-aborted male baby donated by the University Hospital in Switzerland. Subsequently, a working cell bank was established, containing several billion cultured skin cells to produce the human growth factor needed to restore aging skin. The list of products using the cell line include: Bio-Gel, Journee, Bio-Serum, Prevedem, Bio Restorative Skin Cream and Lumiere. But Vinnedge is calling for a full boycott of all Neocutis products, regardless of their source.
Truly despicable, and I can’t for the life of me figure out how the company could be obtuse enough to not realize that this would outrage a large segment of the population.
h/t: Gateway Pundit.
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[...] Hattip to Paul Zummo, the Cranky Conservative. [...]
“I can’t for the life of me figure out how the company could be obtuse enough to not realize that this would outrage a large segment of the population.”
It isn’t that they don’t realize this would offend many and outrage some. No, they just don’t care. If the crap they make appears to work the morality of it becomes unimportant to them, their share holders and quite likely their customers. Their sales numbers are their only concern.
That the cannibalistic nature of using human cells to make your face seem younger is either not recognized as problematic or not deemed worthy of shame by this company is very, very unsettling.