Can Christians participate in fetal tissue research?
Harvesting or using tissue from children slain by abortion joins hands with bloodshed (Proverbs 6:16ā17). Even noble aims cannot justify doing evil that good may come (Romans 3:8). Christians must refuse complicity, expose this darkness (Ephesians 5:11), and honor every child as one whom God requires us to protect.
By using the cells of aborted (murdered) humans for research, we feed the demand. This video by Choice42 is helpful in explaining: It's OK
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