NCER condemns the use of human fetal tissue from abortions in medical research as unethical for the following reasons:

1) Human embryos and fetuses are human beings in their earliest stages of development.

2) Every human being has a right to life and abortion constitutes the deliberate destruction of a prenatal human being.

3) Fetal tissue research from induced abortions treats the unborn child as an object valued only for its parts.

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