What Can I Do?

People sometimes contact me feeling overwhelmed or grieved about what they’re learning. They want to do something, but don’t know what to do or where to begin.

Here are some ideas to get you started; pick one (or more) action steps that resonate with you and then run with it!

Action Steps

1. Talk to Your Family and Friends

Share what you’re learning and offer resources if they’re interested in knowing more.

2. Contribute to Scientific Research

Financially support scientific research exploring ethical vaccines, treatments and products as well as research studying the dangers of using aborted fetal material in vaccines and other biologics. Funding for this type of independent research is important but difficult to obtain, which is why we have so little research that’s not potentially biased due to pharmaceutical funding. While large donations are certainly helpful, smaller donations from many people make an big impact! A great organization to consider contributing your money is Sound Choice Pharmaceutical. *Note: I am not affiliated with Sound Choice in any way and get nothing for recommending them. It’s an organization I believe is reputable and doing important work.

3. Communicate Directly to Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Call or write pharmaceutical manufacturers, asking them for ethical vaccines and to stop using abortion-derived fetal cell lines in the manufacturing, production, and testing of their vaccines.

4. Educate Your Legislators

Call, email, and meet in person with your local, state and federal legislators.

5. Connect With State Medical Freedom Groups

Work with them to pass (or keep) religious exemptions to vaccines in your state.

6. Share Your Concerns With Your Doctor

Ask for alternative vaccines that do not use abortion-derived cell lines. Even though they might tell you there are no alternatives (this is the case in the US and some other countries), it raises awareness with medical practices who purchase from pharmaceutical companies.

7. Talk to Your Pastors, Religious Leaders, and Ministry Leaders

Raise their awareness of this aspect of the abortion industry. Prepare packets of information to give them. Our printable infographics, White Paper, and Vaccine Position Statement are a good place to start, as well as information from other reputable and informative websites listed on our resource page.

8. Meet With Like-Minded People

Share ideas, resources, and encouragement. Work together to reach and educate faith groups in your community.

9. Collaborate With Other Leaders

Religious leaders, religious/ministry organizations and church bodies have the unique opportunity to make public statements (as individuals and as corporate entities), which raise awareness and help make this a public issue. Collaborate with other leaders/churches/religious organizations by releasing unified statements, making a greater impact on congregants, constituents, political leaders, and pharmaceutical companies. Our Vaccine Position Statement might be a good starting point for crafting your own statement.

10. Pray

Pray for your family, friends, religious leaders, political leaders, pharmaceutical companies, and all those involved in procuring and using the fetal tissue for science.

Tips for Successful Conversations

Here are some things I’ve learned over the years (many times the hard way) that have contributed to less stressful and more positive conversations. I still remind myself about these things often.

• Start slow. Present the information at a high level first, then go deeper with details if they show interest and ask questions.
• Remember, you may feel led to share the information, but the Holy Spirit takes it from there. It’s not our place to force someone to believe or care about what we’re sharing.
• Some people need a lot of time, reading and processing as they consider the information you bring them (sometimes weeks, months, or even years). Allow them to process at their own pace, but let them know you’re available if they have questions or want to discuss it further.
• It’s okay not to have all the answers. That takes a lot of pressure off. Simply direct them to resources and websites you trust. They can read more and reach out to you or to those organizations with questions.
• People may have a wide range of reactions… anything from denial, disbelief, shock, anger, deep grief and sadness, thinking you’re naive or crazy, calling you names, or even feeling personal shame over their own past abortion (that you might not know about).
• This is a sensitive topic, so approach your discussions with humility and compassion.
• Pray before the conversations and ask the Holy Spirit for discernment when sharing with others.

Please feel free to reach out if you have questions, need resources, or even if you have a successful conversation you want to share!

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Today we celebrate National Sanctity of Human Life Day, and the weeks leading up to it have been significant.

March for Life 2023

Thousands of pro-life Americans from across the country participated in the 50th Annual March for Life on Friday in Washington, DC. There’s a lot to celebrate this year with the overturning of Roe v. Wade last June and the response of 14 states passing laws either limiting or banning abortions.

Sadly, other states have responded equally strong in favor of death, some allowing abortions up to birth. The state of Colorado went so far as to promote an advertising campaign inviting women to travel from out of state to Colorado for abortions.

As a result of the Roe victory, our work is just beginning. It is now incumbent upon each state to pass abortion laws. Advocates for life are needed to make a difference in our own states, as well as at the Federal level.

Pro-life Legislation

Last week, the U.S. House approved H.R. 26, a bill requiring doctors to provide medical care to infants born alive after an attempted abortion. This is not the first time we’ve tried to pass a bill protecting infants surviving abortion. Four years ago, Congress tried to pass a similar bill, but it was voted down and failed to protect our children.

The 2023 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which must pass the Senate next, states that an infant born alive after a failed abortion is, “a legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States, and entitled to all the protections of such laws.” The bill goes on to say that any efforts made to kill an infant born alive should be considered “intentionally killing or attempting to kill a human being.”

That this bill is even necessary is mind-boggling. The fact that it requires legal clarification that killing a live infant is indeed “intentionally killing” a human being is heart-breaking.

Intentional killing and trafficking of newborn body parts

Why was the “intentional killing” of newborn abortion survivors addressed in last week’s legislation?

US Federal laws do not protect babies born alive during abortion procedures. Instead, the law allows abortion providers to leave newborns to die after failed abortions. Some abortion clinics go even further and are involved in intentionally harvesting organs from babies who are born alive.

Again, this is unfathomable. Yet, evidence of the intentional harvesting of the organs of newborn abortion survivors has been exposed time and again… even by Congress during the 2016 congressional hearings. More recent evidence came to light through the Sandra Merritt legal case.

Still, it continues.

Harvesting newborns’ organs seems like a barbaric practice found only in history books describing far less civilized societies.

What would prompt such evil in our country?
And, how are these organs being used anyway?

Follow the money

Following the money leads us to the medical industry.

One primary use of newborn’s organs/body parts is the research and development of vaccines, pharmaceuticals and medical disease research. It’s even relied upon to make fetal cell lines that are used to produce some vaccines, pharmaceutical drugs, and even consumer items like cosmetics, food flavor enhancers, and more.

As it turns out, the demand and financial incentives to continue this practice are entrenched in our medical system. Supplying babies’ organs to researchers is an industry in itself, and passing this bill would mean ending an entire industry.

Maybe we’ve been asking the wrong question

The reason many of us scratch our heads and strain to understand how anyone could vote against giving medical care to a newborn (no matter the circumstances of birth) is because we’re asking the wrong question. Instead of asking, “How could anyone withhold life-saving care to a newborn,” we should be asking, “What incentivizes legislators and industries to turn a blind eye to infanticide?”

On one side of the fight (largely driven by religious beliefs or morality), it’s about saving a child; but on the other side, it’s about saving a lucrative industry that undergirds the multi-billion dollar medical industry. Again, let’s follow the money… there are those with religious convictions fighting to save preborn/newborn babies’ lives, or those profiting from the medical and pharmaceutical industries, not to mention the abortion industry itself. It is quite clear where the financial incentive lies.

Consequently, Congress has introduced bills in the past and they have failed… and H.R. 26 may be on the verge of failing too.

If we are to successfully fight for life, we must bring to light these underlying motives for voting against lifesaving legislation, and share this truth with our lawmakers.

How can you help?

Know. Share. Live.

And most importantly, PRAY.

Action Steps

H.R. 26 passed the House and goes to the Senate next, where pro-life lawmakers are not the majority.

Therefore, it’s important that you contact your U.S. senators today. Urge them to protect innocent newborns who survive abortions by supporting the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. We need to pass the bill this time!

Also, consider contacting all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee (those names listed in red below), asking them to bring this bill up for consideration.

The list of senators below is alphabetized by state. Click on your senator’s name to go to his/her email form. If you prefer to communicate by phone, call the US Capitol switchboard at 202.224.3121 and request to speak to your senator.

2023 U.S. Senators

If you experience trouble with any links, you can look up all senators here.

Alabama

Richard Shelby (R)

Tommy Tuberville (R)

Alaska

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Dan Sullivan (R)

Arizona
Mark Kelly (D)

Kyrsten Sinema (D)

Arkansas

John Boozman (R)

Tom Cotton (R)

California

Dianne Feinstein (D)

Alex Padilla (D)

Colorado

Michael Bennet (D)

John Hickenlooper (D)

Connecticut

Richard Blumenthal (D)

Chris Murphy (D)

Delaware

Tom Carper (D)

Chris Coons (D)

Florida

Marco Rubio (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Georgia

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Hawaii
Mazie Hirono (D)

Brian Schatz (D)

Idaho
Mike Crapo (R)
Jim Risch (R)

Illinois

Tammy Duckworth (D)

Dick Durbin (D)

Indiana

Mike Braun (R)

Todd Young (R)

Iowa

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Kansas

Roger Marshall (R)

Jerry Moran (R)

Kentucky

Mitch McConnell (R)

Rand Paul (R)

Louisiana

Bill Cassidy (R)

John Kennedy (R)

Maine

Susan Collins (R)

Angus King (I)

Maryland

Ben Cardin (D)

Chris Van Hollen (D)

Massachusetts

Ed Markey (D)

Elizabeth Warren (D)

Michigan

Gary Peters (D)

Debbie Stabenow (D)

Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar (D)

Tina Smith (D)

Mississippi

Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

Roger Wicker (R)

Missouri

Roy Blunt (R)

Josh Hawley (R)

Montana

Steve Daines (R)

Jon Tester (D)

Nebraska

Deb Fischer (R)

Ben Sasse (R)

Nevada

Catherine Cortez Masto (D)

Jacky Rosen (D)

New Hampshire

Maggie Hassan (D)

Jeanne Shaheen (D)

New Jersey

Cory Booker (D)

Bob Menendez (D)

New Mexico

Martin Heinrich (D)

Ben Luján (D)

New York

Chuck Schumer (D)

Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

North Carolina

Richard Burr (R)

Thom Tillis (R)

North Dakota

Kevin Cramer (R)

John Hoeven (R)

Ohio

Sherrod Brown (D)

Rob Portman (R)

Oklahoma

Jim Inhofe (R)

James Lankford (R)

Oregon

Jeff Merkley (D)

Ron Wyden (D)

Pennsylvania

Bob Casey (D)

Pat Toomey (R)

Rhode Island

Jack Reed (D)

Sheldon Whitehouse (D)

South Carolina

Lindsey Graham (R)

Tim Scott (R)

South Dakota

Mike Rounds (R)

John Thune (R)

Tennessee

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Texas

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Utah

Mike Lee (R)

Mitt Romney (R)

Vermont

Patrick Leahy (D)

Bernie Sanders (I)

Virginia

Tim Kaine (D)

Mark Warner (D)

Washington

Maria Cantwell (D)

Patty Murray (D)

West Virginia

Shelley Moore Capito (R)

Joe Manchin (D)

Wisconsin

Tammy Baldwin (D)

Ron Johnson (R)

Wyoming

John Barrasso (R)

Cynthia Lummis (R)

President Biden wasted no time reinstating the use of aborted fetal tissue at The National Institutes of Health (NIH). After pressure from 26 House democrats and some in the scientific community, the NIH announced its reversal of the 2019 Trump administration policy. American taxpayers will once again pay for the harvesting and trafficking of aborted baby body parts.

Friday’s notice said NIH grant applicants and contracts involving aborted fetal tissue use will no longer be subject to review by an ethics advisory board. The NIH is dissolving the Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board, which had previously rejected all but 1 applicant proposing to use aborted human fetal tissue.

Democratic lawmakers praised the Biden administration for prioritizing “science over politics,” saying Trump’s ban simply contained “arbitrary barriers” to researchers.

Aborted Fetal Tissue is NOT Necessary

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and democratic lawmakers would have us believe human fetal tissue is the only option for critical scientific research. This could not be further from the truth.

Human fetal tissue from abortions is not necessary. There are other available and effective options that do not support the abortion industry.

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., of The Charlotte Lozier Institute reminds us,

“There are superior and ethical alternatives available such as adult stem cell models being used by countless scientists worldwide to develop and produce advanced medicines treating patients now, without exploitation of any innocent life.”

She went on to say,

“All scientists should reject the administration’s attempts to prey on fears related to the pandemic to advance the practice of harvesting fetal tissue.”

A Christian’s Responsibility

Truly, all Christians and people of faith should reject the harvesting of fetal tissue.

We can no longer put our heads in the sand and plead innocent. Aborted baby body parts are used for science (including vaccines). This is a fact, not a debatable opinion.

The silence of the church is now its consent. The silence of people of faith is now their consent.

There is no neutral position on this issue. If you are pro-life, then you must act. Abortion is not just about a mother and her baby. It is a tragic, unethical industry. We know Planned Parenthood attempts to persuade women into abortions, provides intentionally inadequate informed consent, and goes so far as to change abortion techniques when preparing to sell a particular baby’s body parts for research.

Your money is paying for research grants requiring aborted baby body parts and tissues

Your money is paying to fund Planned Parenthood

Your money is paying for trafficking human baby body parts

Like it or not, the lines being drawn today make it clearer than ever before. Our demand for a COVID-19 vaccine (and other medication) supports Planned Parenthood performing abortions and pays for trafficking the aborted baby body parts (through 3rd party companies that supply our NIH funded researchers). It comes full circle when we take that same COVID-19 vaccine (and other medication) that was created with our taxpayer dollars on the backs of aborted babies through trafficking of fetal body parts.

Sadly, the abortion industry is supported by all of us – everyday Americans – and it’s being done right under our noses. We can no longer let fear prevent us from being willing to see it. This is not just a problem for a scared woman you don’t know who finds herself in a difficult position. Our ongoing silence supports the very industry persuading her into an abortion.

The abortion industry hopes you will turn a blind eye. They hope your fear will prevail and prevent you from taking action.

Will you take action?

“Mom, WHY do I have to do this? History is sooo boring. Who even cares what happened 50 years ago?”

Like typical kids, mine were whining about what felt like pointless busy work. 50 years ago – that’s ancient history, right? As I heard my own response, it reminded me of an important truth: history matters because we have a tendency to repeat it – especially the negative history – and it’s important to learn from it instead. Theodore Roosevelt said it well, “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.”

In light of that, are you aware of the surprising similarities between 1976 and 2020? Perhaps 2020 was not as “unprecedented” as we thought.

1976

1976 was an election year with a Republican incumbent who was ultimately defeated by a Democrat. In February, a young, presumably healthy army recruit died from a swine flu virus. The narrative around his cause of death led to wide-spread fear as it was compared to the 1918 flu pandemic. Large-scale deaths were predicted. In March, the CDC director (Dr. David J. Sencer) called on President Ford to begin a mass vaccination program. Ford sunk $137 million tax payer dollars into rushing vaccine development. Concerns about the safety of the vaccines were raised and quickly dismissed. Meanwhile, Congress passed legislation indemnifying vaccine manufacturers. By early October, Americans were lining up to receive the completed vaccine. 10 weeks later, 25% of Americans had received the vaccine, which left 25 dead and over 500 with Guillain-Barre syndrome (impacts peripheral nervous system and can lead to paralysis). The deaths and serious adverse reactions resulted in the vaccination program being shut down completely. The government, embarrassed over its failure, fired the CDC director.

2020

Now compare 1976 with the story of COVID-19 we all know too well. The outbreak began in China in late 2019. Concerns in the US led to lockdowns beginning in March 2020. Fears soared as COVID-19 was compared to the 1918 flu pandemic. Operation Warp Speed quickly granted billions of tax-payer dollars to pharmaceutical companies for vaccine development. Concerns over the safety of the vaccines were raised and dismissed. Meanwhile, the PREP Act protects vaccine manufacturers by providing immunity from liability during a declared emergency. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna produced the first Emergency Use Authorized vaccines that were rolled out in the US on Dec. 14, 2020. Similar to 1976, many deaths and serious adverse reactions resulted from the rushed vaccines. This is where the similarities end.

Differences

Deaths from COVID-19 vaccines far exceed what we saw in 1976. There have been over 900 deaths in the first 8 weeks of COVID-19 shots (with only 13% of Americans receiving it). Yet, our vaccination program continues.

FACT: 25 deaths in 10 weeks shut down the 1976 rushed, government-funded vaccination program.

FACT: 900+ deaths in 8 weeks from a rushed, government-funded vaccination program seem to be ignored in 2021. *Update: 38,541 deaths reported as of March 28, 2025 (VAERS updates every Friday). See footnote for the weekly running list.

Contrary to our government’s reaction in 1976, the US seems to be doubling down on the messaging that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and greater uptake is essential in order to return to normal life. One example is this Facebook message to users.

What will you do?

Examining this history makes me wonder:

• Why aren’t we hearing about COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths on the news?
• Why are we still being told the vaccines are safe?
• Why are over 900 deaths (and counting) acceptable in 2021 when just 25 were shameful in 1976?
• What has changed and how have we changed since 1976?

Like my kids, some may be tempted to say, “Who cares what happened in 1976? Things are different now.” Yes, we have a different virus, but part of the response is history repeated (both our response and the government’s response). The question is, what will you do about it?

Note: Total COVID-19 vaccine deaths reported to CDC’s VAERS database in USA (updated weekly through Sept. 2023, then updated monthly):

• 38,541 deaths Mar. 28, 2024
• 38,476 deaths – Feb. 28, 2024
• 38,398 deaths – Jan. 31, 2024
• 38,264 deaths – Dec. 27, 2024
• Dec. 13, 2024 *This marks 4 years of COVID vaccine adverse reaction data
• 38,190 deaths – Nov. 29, 2024
• 38,068 deaths – Oct. 25, 2024
• 37,966 deaths – Oct. 04, 2024
• 37,910 deaths – Sept. 06, 2024
• 37,814 deaths – Aug. 02, 2024
• No update – July 26, 2024
• 37,734 deaths – June 28, 2024
• 37,647 deaths – May 31, 2024
• 37,544 deaths – Apr. 26, 2024
• 37,382 deaths – Mar. 29, 2024
• 37,231 deaths – Feb. 23, 2024
• 37,100 deaths – Jan. 26, 2024
• 36,986 deaths – Dec. 29, 2023
• Dec. 15, 2023 *This marks 3 years of COVID vaccine adverse reaction data
• 36,726 deaths – Nov. 24, 2023
• 36,501 deaths – Oct. 27, 2023
• 36,324 deaths – Sept. 29, 2023
• 36,286 deaths – Sept. 22, 2023
• 36,231 deaths – Sept. 15, 2023
• 36,173 deaths – Sept. 08, 2023
• 36,135 deaths – Sept. 01, 2023
• 36,080 deaths – Aug. 25, 2023
• 35,980 deaths – Aug. 18, 2023
• 35,911 deaths – Aug. 11, 2023
• 35,821 deaths – Aug. 04, 2023
• 35,726 deaths – July 28, 2023
• 35,646 deaths – July 21, 2023
• 35,611 deaths – July 14, 2023
• 35,596 deaths – July 07, 2023
• 35,549 deaths – June 30, 2023
• 35,487 deaths – June 23, 2023
• 35,443 deaths – June 16, 2023
• 35,398 deaths – June 09, 2023
• 35,347 deaths – June 02, 2023
• 35,272 deaths – May 26, 2023
• 35,302 deaths – May 19, 2023
• 35,387 deaths – May 12, 2023
• 35,324 deaths – May 05, 2023
• 35,274 deaths – Apr. 28, 2023
• 35,219 deaths – Apr. 21, 2023
• 35,152 deaths – Apr. 14, 2023
• 35,096 deaths – Apr. 07, 2023
• 35,048 deaths – Mar. 31, 2023
• 34,965 deaths – Mar. 24, 2023
• 34,819 deaths – Mar. 17, 2023
• 34,725 deaths – Mar. 10, 2023
• 34,653 deaths – Mar. 03, 2023
• 34,576 deaths – Feb. 24, 2023
• 34,478 deaths – Feb. 17, 2023
• 34,385 deaths – Feb. 10, 2023
• 34,270 deaths – Feb. 03, 2023
• 34,122 deaths – Jan. 27, 2023
• 33,904 deaths – Jan. 20, 2023
• 33,746 deaths – Jan. 13, 2023
• 33,591 deaths – Jan. 06, 2023
• 33,469 deaths – Dec. 30, 2022
• 33,334 deaths – Dec. 23, 2022
• 33,011 deaths – Dec. 16, 2022 *This marks 2 years of COVID vaccine adverse reaction data
• 32,828 deaths – Dec. 9, 2022
• 32,621 deaths – Dec. 2, 2022
• 32,508 deaths – Nov. 25, 2022
• 32,370 deaths – Nov. 18, 2022
• 32,220 deaths – Nov. 11, 2022
• 31,961 deaths – Nov. 4, 2022
• 31,818 deaths – Oct. 28, 2022
• 31,696 deaths – Oct. 21, 2022
• 31,569 deaths – Oct. 14, 2022
• 31,470 deaths – Oct. 7, 2022
• 31,330 deaths – Sept. 30, 2022
• 31,214 deaths – Sept. 23, 2022
• 31,071 deaths – Sept. 16, 2022
• 30,935 deaths – Sept. 9, 2022
• 30,796 deaths – Sept. 2, 2022
• 30,605 deaths – Aug. 26, 2022
• 30,479 deaths – Aug. 19, 2022
• 30,347 deaths – Aug. 12, 2022
• 30,162 deaths – Aug. 5, 2022
• 29,981 deaths – July 29, 2022
• 29,790 deaths – July 22, 2022
• 29,635 deaths – July 15, 2022
• 29,460 deaths – July 8, 2022
• 29,273 deaths – July 1, 2022
• 29,162 deaths – June 24, 2022
• 29,031 deaths – June 17, 2022
• 28,859 deaths – June 10, 2022
• 28,714 deaths – June 3, 2022
• 28,532 deaths – May 27, 2022
• 28,312 deaths – May 20, 2022
• 28,141 deaths – May 13, 2022
• 27,968 deaths – May 6, 2022
• 27,758 deaths – Apr. 29, 2022
• 27,532 deaths – Apr. 22, 2022
• 27,349 deaths – Apr. 15, 2022
• 26,976 deaths – Apr. 8, 2022
• 26,693 deaths – Apr. 1, 2022
• 26,396 deaths – Mar. 25, 2022
• 26,059 deaths – Mar. 18, 2022
• 25,641 deaths – Mar. 11, 2022
• 25,158 deaths – Mar. 4, 2022
• 24,827 deaths – Feb. 25, 2022
• 24,402 deaths – Feb. 18, 2022
• 23,990 deaths – Feb. 11, 2022
• 23,615 deaths – Feb. 4, 2022
• 23,149 deaths – Jan. 28, 2022
• 22,607 deaths – Jan. 21, 2022
• 22,193 deaths – Jan. 14, 2022
• 21,745 deaths – Jan. 7, 2022
• 21,382 deaths – Dec. 31, 2021
• 21,002 deaths – Dec. 24, 2021
• 20,622 deaths – Dec. 17, 2021 *This marks 1 year of COVID vaccine adverse reaction data
• 20,244 deaths – Dec. 10, 2021
• 19,886 deaths – Dec. 3, 2021
• 19,532 deaths – Nov. 26, 2021
• 19,249 deaths – Nov. 19, 2021
• 18,853 deaths – Nov. 12, 2021
• 18,461 deaths – Nov. 5, 2021
• 18,078 deaths – Oct. 29, 2021
• 17,619 deaths – Oct. 22, 2021
• 17,128 deaths – Oct. 15, 2021
• 16,766 deaths – Oct. 8, 2021
• 16,310 deaths – Oct. 1, 2021
• 15,937 deaths – Sept. 24, 2021
• 15,386 deaths – Sept. 17, 2021
• 14,925 deaths – Sept. 10, 2021
• 14,506 deaths – Sept. 03, 2021
• 13,911 deaths – Aug. 27, 2021
• 13,627 deaths – Aug. 20, 2021
• 13,068 deaths – Aug. 13, 2021
• 12,791 deaths – Aug. 6, 2021
• 12,366 deaths – July 30
• 11,940 deaths – July 23, 2021
• 11,405 deaths – July 16, 2021
• 10,991 deaths – July 9, 2021
• 9,048 deaths – July 2, 2021
• 6,985 deaths – June 25, 2021
• 6,136 deaths – June 18, 2021
• 5,993 deaths – June 11, 2021
• 5,888 deaths – June 4, 2021
• 5,165 deaths – May 28, 2021
• 4,406 deaths – May 21, 2021
• 4,201 deaths – May 14, 2021
• 4,057 deaths – May 7, 2021
• 3,837 deaths – April 30, 2021
• 3,544 deaths – April 23, 2021
• 3,186 deaths – April 16, 2021
• 2,602 deaths – April 10, 2021
• 2,342 deaths – April 2, 2021
• 2,249 deaths – March 26, 2021
• 2,050 deaths – March 19, 2021
• 1,739 deaths – March 12, 2021
• 1,524 deaths – March 5, 2021
• 1,265 deaths – Feb. 26, 2021
• 1,095 deaths – Feb. 19, 2021
• 929 deaths – Feb. 12, 2021
• 653 deaths – Feb. 5, 2021
• 501 deaths – Jan. 29, 2021
• 329 deaths – Jan. 22, 2021
• 182 deaths – Jan. 15, 2021

Many people holding pro-life values still wonder if there is any truth to the claim that aborted fetal tissue is used in vaccine research and development. VFT, along with others like Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute, Children of God for Life, No Deception, Marcella Piper-Terry, My Informed Choice, and more have been consistently presenting peer-reviewed science and truth about aborted fetal cell line use. Yet somehow, misunderstandings linger.

An example is a US Congressman whose strong pro-life stance is commendable. His April 2020 newsletter stated, “In fact, aborted fetal tissue has never been used to produce a single vaccine.” It seems he is unaware, just as many pro-life people are.

On the other hand, President Trump is aware. He knows there have been billions of US dollars funding aborted fetal tissue research. For example, it was the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – through its National Institute on Aging division – that funded the creation of human fetal cell lines IMR-90 and IMR-91.

Recognizing this threat to the sanctity of human life, in June 2019 President Trump discontinued NIH research “involving the use of human fetal tissue from elective abortion.” The NIH Notice placed new restrictions on outside research receiving NIH funding. The Health and Human Services press release clearly stated, “research that requires new acquisition of fetal tissue from elective abortions will not be conducted.”

This step was taken because, “Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump’s administration.” Many of you reading this hold the same priority.

His actions are an admirable step in the right direction, but the demand for aborted fetal tissue in research is high. The onset of COVID-19 and urgent calls for a vaccine have brought that demand into clear focus. The vaccine industry in particular has a long, 60+ year history of using aborted fetal tissue in its research and development. The scientific community’s desire to use human fetal tissue for developing COVID-19 vaccines is in direct opposition to the President’s ban. As a result, some have begun voicing their concerns.

Government officials have also raised their voices urging the ban to be lifted. Attorneys General in states across the US sent a letter to the President on March 26, 2020, with their “concern that the current Fetal Tissue Ban that took effect in June 2019 is hampering our Nation’s ability to address COVID-19.” The letter shared how fetal tissue has been an “essential tool” and “instrumental” in studies. The end of the letter articulated just how critically important the scientific community views the use of human fetal tissue when it stated:

“… the scientists’ position on this issue has been clear: currently, there are no alternatives to human fetal tissue that have been shown to be as powerful in conducting these important studies across a broad range of research topics.“

Then, in their April 6, 2020 letter, some members of Congress wrote “to ask that you immediately waive the restrictions on research with human fetal tissue, which are preventing federally-funded scientists from advancing important studies that could potentially prevent, treat, or cure the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).”

If there was ever any question as to the vital importance the scientific community places on the use of fetal tissue from abortions, these two letters should answer those once and for all.

These letters show how the use of fetal tissue from abortions is so common it feels necessary and critical to some in the scientific community. This long-term and on-going practice of using aborted fetal tissue in vaccine research and development has been ignored by many pro-life people and organizations. The scientific community interprets our silence as implied consent.

It is time to expose the truth and stand up for the sanctity of ALL human life.

As of this writing, there are at least FIVE vaccines in development for COVID-19 using aborted fetal cell lines. The pleading in the letters from members of Congress and state AGs prompted by COVID-19 vaccine development reveal just how reliant the scientific community has become on human fetal tissue for vaccine research.

Vaccines should be produced ethically, without the use of aborted fetal cell lines. Period. The fear of COVID-19 and the desire for a vaccine is no excuse to use aborted fetal tissue.

Please remain watchful and well-informed during these unprecedented times.

*11.14.21 click here for a full update to this article.

*Post updated 1.12.21 and 1.26.21. See footnotes.

A lot has changed in the last couple of months, and our lives look drastically different than they did when we began 2020. Words like “COVID-19” that didn’t even exist a few months ago now dominate our news cycles 24/7. Previously foreign concepts like social distancing and stay-at-home orders are now part of our “new normal.”

While I don’t want to add to the 24/7 COVID-19 bombardment, I do want to make you aware of how COVID-19 and aborted fetal cell lines intersect.

With COVID-19 spreading around the globe and urgent calls for a vaccine, there is a race to bring the first COVID-19 vaccine to market. Many companies and academic institutions have joined the race, which is being fast-tracked by skipping important phases of testing.

There are many COVID-19 vaccines in development that are being tracked by the WHO, including the front runners. Like me, those who are disturbed by the use of human fetal cell lines in vaccines will want to know about the 5 COVID-19 vaccines in development that are using human fetal cell lines. Several of these are front runners in phase 1 or phase 2 clinical trials, and one is aiming to be completed as early as September!

5 COVID-19 vaccines using human fetal cell lines

1. Moderna/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This US company is utilizing a new mRNA vaccine technology that has not yet been approved for market. According to a Science magazine article, the spike (S) protein used in the research and development of the vaccine is made with the HEK-293 human fetal cell line. Moderna is in phase 1 trials according to the WHO update on April 11, 2020.
   *12.20.20 correction: The spike protein made using HEK-293 was used during Moderna’s research for its COVID-19 vaccine, but is NOT in the final vaccine product.
   *1.26.20 note: Please see footnote for a more detailed explanation of the use of HEK-293 in the research and development of the modified spike protein Moderna used to encode its mRNA vaccine.
2. CanSino Biologics/Beijing Institute of Biotechnology. These two Chinese companies are developing an adenovirus-based vaccine using the HEK-293 human fetal cell line. CanSino was approved to begin phase 1 clinical trials on March 17, 2020, and are in phase 2 trials according to the WHO update on April 11, 2020.
3. AstraZeneca/The University of Oxford/Jenner Institute. This collaborative effort on a COVID-19 vaccine is also using the HEK-293 human fetal cell line. Human trials will begin soon.
4. Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies (owned by Johnson and Johnson). This US company uses the PER.C6 human fetal cell line for its vaccine, and was in preclinical trials according to the WHO update on April 11, 2020. Johnson & Johnson received a $456 million contract from the US Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on March 27, 2020.
5. University of Pittsburgh. This US academic institution is developing its vaccine based on the HEK-293 human fetal cell line. This vaccine is being developed around the use of a unique microneedle delivery system, which is 400 tiny needles on a Velcro-like patch. Human trials will begin soon.

History of HEK-293 & PER.C6 fetal cell lines

• HEK-293 human fetal cell line (HEK = Human Embryonic Kidney) was derived from a human fetus aborted in the Netherlands in the early 1970s. The kidney tissue cultures were collected by Dr. Alex van der Eb in 1972, and then used to develop the HEK-293 fetal cell line by Dr. Frank Graham in 1973. According to Dr. Alex van der Eb, the abortion was “probably” done in 1972. The history of HEK-293 was not documented according to van der Eb who said, “We had no donor information on 293 or what was available got lost.”
• PER.C6 human fetal cell line was developed in 1985/1995 from the retinal tissue of an aborted fetus at 18 weeks gestation. The retinal cultures were taken by Dr. Alex van der Eb in 1985, but it wasn’t until 1995 that the PER.C6 cell line using those cultures was developed by Dr. Ron Bout and Dr. Frits Fallaux. According to Crucell (now part of Janssen Pharmaceutical), maker of PER.C6, “PER.C6® technology supports the growth of a wide variety of human disease-causing viruses that can subsequently be processed into vaccines. It can be used for the manufacturing of inactivated whole virus, live-attenuated, live-vector, split and subunit vaccines. PER.C6® technology also allows for efficient production of recombinant vaccines.”

Can a safe COVID-19 vaccine be developed?

Compared to normal pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines (classified as biologics) are already fast tracked. But now we’re experiencing the COVID-19 super fast track, which is skipping critical testing phases.

With many known strains of coronaviruses, vaccines have been attempted in the past but proved notoriously difficult to successfully develop. In fact, Dr. Peter Hotez (who worked on a SARS coronavirus vaccine in 2003) said the coronavirus vaccines carry “a risk of immune enhancement” – which means when animals were exposed to a coronavirus after vaccination, they had a more exaggerated reaction to the virus (even death) compared to unvaccinated animals. Hotez went on to say, “The way you reduce that risk is first you show it does not occur in laboratory animals.” The animal testing phase of coronavirus vaccines is shown to be critical, yet this phase was completely skipped by Moderna.

Hotez’s experience with developing coronavirus vaccines gives him unique first-hand knowledge of the risks of accelerating the COVID-19 vaccine development timeline. Hotez “understand(s) the importance of accelerating timelines for vaccines in general,” but said, “from everything I know, this is not the vaccine to be doing it with.”

In addition to these deep concerns, we know human fetal cell lines pose safety risks and can cause insertional mutagenesis, autoimmunity and cancer.

These COVID-19 vaccines are extremely concerning to say the least. Both the fast-tracked development & testing and the use of aborted fetal cell lines pose serious risks.

Please remain watchful and well-informed during these unprecedented times.

*Note: The information presented in this post is accurate as of April 23, 2020. However, the landscape is changing rapidly, so updates will be provided as they come.

*1.12.21 General Update: There are now many more COVID-19 vaccines using aborted fetal cell lines either in the production of the vaccine itself or in the research, development, or testing. These include the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines already in use under the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization (EAU) AND vaccines still in development. For a complete list of these vaccines, please refer to the Charlotte Lozier Institute.

*1.26.21 Moderna Update: There is some confusion around the use of HEK-293 aborted fetal cell line during the research and development of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna’s mRNA vaccine encodes for “a prefusion stabilized form of the Spike (S) protein, which was selected by Moderna in collaboration with investigators at the NIAID Vaccine Research Center (VRC).” This means Moderna and NIAID created a new and modified spike protein that is more stable than the spike protein found in SARS-CoV-2. This NIH article specifically states that 1) “NIAID scientists designed the stabilized spike antigen” and 2) NIAID is working with Moderna to develop its “messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, which directs the body’s cells to express the spike in its prefusion conformation to elicit an immune response.” This Science magazine article detailing the creation of the modified spike protein used by Moderna states “Plasmids encoding the heavy and light chains of S230, 80R and m396 IgG were transiently transfected into Expi293 cells (Thermo Fisher) using polyethylenimine.”  Expi293 cells refers to the HEK-293 aborted fetal cell line. The scientific evidence shows Moderna used HEK-293 fetal cell line in the research and development of its COVID-19 vaccine which led to the production of its vaccine, mRNA-1273, which is now being widely used. The new, stabilized spike protein was used for the encoding of the mRNA vaccine. Even though HEK-293 fetal cell line was not used in the final product, some people of faith find it deeply troubling that it was used in R&D at all.

*1.26.21 Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly referenced a Lancet article in the section about Moderna. The article was intended to be referenced in bullet point 5 about the vaccine microneedle delivery system.

A Voice for Truth, along with guest writers and My Informed Choice, have created shareable one-page information sheets. These infographics provide fast facts, but are rich with links to original sources covering the following topics:

• U.S. Vaccines Made Using Aborted Fetal Cells
• The Children Sacrificed for Vaccine Development
• Safety of Aborted Fetal Cell Lines Used in Vaccine Development
• The Facts About Vaccine Safety
• Dr. Stanley Plotkin: Modern Godfather of Vaccines

We hope you find them helpful!

January 13, 2020. An historic day. Thousands gathered at the New Jersey state capital for the largest and longest protest in Statehouse history. What would draw such a large crowd from dawn to dusk on a cold winter day to peacefully but powerfully communicate to their legislators?

Religious freedom.

New Jersey’s bill, S2173, threatened their free exercise of religion by attempting to remove their right to use a religious vaccine exemption.

Some read that and wonder why one would need a religious exemption from vaccines. Some have read or heard that religious exemptions are typically used by parents who do not want to be inconvenienced by having to take their child to the doctor to be vaccinated. They wonder if a religious exemption is just an easy excuse for parents not to do their job.

The actions of the thousands standing outside the Capital speak volumes and tell us a different story. Their actions do not fit the stereotypes. The thousands of people in the picture above chose to be inconvenienced and put their lives on hold, taking time during the middle of their week, missing work and other obligations. These are parents who care, parents who have very often taken significant time to understand vaccine ingredients, their potential impact on the body, and their faith. These are parents of integrity who want their actions to reflect their internal faith beliefs.

The crowd at Trenton represented diverse religious and political views. Christians, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, and many other faiths hold different and sometimes contradictory views. Yet in the area of vaccines they are linking arms, fighting to protect their common interest – practicing their religion without violating their conscience and faith. What do they consider a threat to their conscience? Being forced to use vaccines that contain ingredients they find objectionable, such as aborted fetal cells and fetal bovine serum, etc.

New Jerseyans are not alone in their fight for religious freedom. California, Maine, Mississippi, New York, and West Virginia only allow medical exemptions. Religious freedom has already been lost in 5 states. Other states are also fighting to keep their religious rights, including Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, and Washington. Still others have legislators considering introducing similar bills to remove religious vaccine exemptions.

Why the push to remove religious exemptions?

Elimination of religious exemptions is THE top priority of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

During their annual leadership meeting in March 2019, the AAP discussed the most pressing issues facing American children. Their conclusion was not what one might expect. Their top priority was not childhood cancer (the 2nd leading cause of death in children) or the rising rates of autoimmune diseases (such as juvenile diabetes, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, or celiac disease).

Of all the deeply concerning medical issues plaguing the sickest generation of American children, the AAP’s top priority from that meeting was the elimination of religious vaccine exemptions.

The AAP published its resolutions in an article, which initially was entitled, “Elimination of religious vaccine exemptions ranked top priority at Annual Leadership Forum.” The title was later changed to replace “religious vaccine exemptions” with the phrase “non-medical exemptions.”

The AAP’s priority of removing all religious and personal exemptions is being attempted or realized in many states already. If proposed legislation has not come to your state yet, it will.

Find more information through the resources below.

1. Abortion, the human fetal cell industry, and vaccines white paper
2. Father Michael Copenhagen’s testimony to the legislators in Trenton, NJ (47:49 -51:43)
3. Jewish Rabbi’s testimony to the legislators in Trenton, NJ (1:40:28-1:45:15)

I want to let you know about some important research out of Italy. Corvelva is an Italian organization with one of the few independent labs in the world capable of analyzing vaccine contents. Corvelva’s lab analyzed Priorix Tetra – GlaxoSmithKlein’s measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox vaccine – which is made using the MRC-5 human fetal cell line.

Their analysis found 360,000 fetal cells in the vaccine. Researchers did a complete genome sequencing of the Priorix vaccine, and found the entire human genome sequence of a male. This is consistent with what we already know about MRC-5 being derived from the lung tissue of an aborted male at 3 1/2 months gestation. It also found high rates of abnormality in the genetic code, and 560 genes linked to cancer.

Please take a few minutes to watch this powerful video summarizing Corvelva’s research that was presented at the Italian National Biologist’s Chamber conference on January 25, 2019. Corvelva’s paper, Vaccinegate: MRC-5 Contained in Priorix Tetra – Complete Genome Sequencing, is also available on its website and provides the detailed scientific research.

For more details about Corvelva’s research, please see the following:

• Corvelva’s Press Conference in January 2019 sharing more details about their research.
• Researcher Loretta Bolgan’s presentation sharing an update on Corvelva’s analysis on September 27, 2019. While the video is in Italian, the text summary that follows is an helpful snapshot of their findings.

*Post updated 1.12.21. See footnote.
Jump straight to White Paper

This post is an introduction to a white paper I’ve written (available in English and Deutsche). For anyone wanting more research and science about abortion, human fetal cell lines and vaccines, this paper is for you.

This project unexpectedly fell into my lap because of my child’s health crisis, stumping doctors nearly a decade ago. Exploratory surgery was recommended, and questions arose: Was it food intake? Was it allergies or medication side effects? Was the body interacting badly with a medication or vaccine? I started on a journey to find answers where all these questions and more were explored.

At first, the vaccine question seemed easiest to answer. Surely, I thought, it was just water and a weakened version of the virus. So I turned to the most reputable source I knew to investigate the ingredients – the Centers for Disease Control website. That was when I first saw the words, “normal human diploid cells.”

What? Why was the word “human” listed in multiple vaccines’ ingredients? Attempting to answer this initial question snowballed into years of combing through scientific literature dating back to the 1930s. It revealed a 60-year link between vaccines and the abortion industry, clearly demonstrating the reliance many vaccines have on human fetal cell lines. These fetal cell lines are created from aborted babies and used in the production of vaccines. My reading not only revealed the use of abortions in vaccine research and development, but other disturbing details, such as the deception of expectant mothers, the mistreatment of aborted babies (sometimes born and dissected alive) and the trafficking of and profiting from aborted babies’ organs, tissues and body parts.

This long history, plainly chronicled in scientific journals, directly contradicts the modern narrative that researchers used only two aborted children during vaccination development in the 1960s. Instead, they used hundreds – and still counting.

I have two purposes for writing this paper. The first was born out of the realization that many Christians and Christian ministries have unknowingly repeated this false narrative intentionally propagated by the abortion industry to cover up a sordid history. As a pro-life Christian, I want to provide an accurate history for those who care about or have spoken about this issue. Like me, many may not realize how the promotion of vaccines using human fetal cell lines may undermine their overall efforts to stop the legalization of abortion and the legislation surrounding it.

My second purpose centers upon a recent legislative push to remove parental rights by eliminating religious exemptions for vaccines. Prior to learning the history of vaccines, I didn’t understand why someone would want to exercise a religious exemption. It has become clear to me how pro-life Christians can hold legitimate biblical convictions against the use of aborted babies to create human fetal cell lines used in the production of today’s vaccines. State and federal legislators need factual data – substantiated by science – to present an accurate history of the use of aborted babies in vaccine development.

I pray this information may open your eyes and motivate you to action as it has me.

We all deserve to know the truth.

*1.12.21 Update: Since the onset of COVID-19, there are now many COVID-19 vaccines using aborted fetal cell lines either in the production of the vaccine itself or in the research, development, or testing. These include the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines already in use under the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization (EAU) AND vaccines still in development. Click here to learn more.