http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/medical_ethics/me0044.html
In Forbes v. Napolitano (2001), the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals used the polio vaccine, among other things, to strike down an Arizona law banning experimentation on aborted fetal tissue. The court specifically ruled fetal tissue research must be legal to guarantee women the fullest possible range of “reproductive decisions.”
There’s an explanation for laws like this. Once you understand this basic concept, the evil makes more “sense”.
“fetal tissue” is a dead giveaway - forgive the macabre pun.
I guess “dead baby” would tweak the conscience too much?
Yes, this is exactly it.
Embryonic stemcell research, fetal tissue research, all this must be kept “legal” in order to NOT assign any human value to the pre-born.
Doing so would inevitably lead the conscience to tell those who have had an abortion, or been involved with encouraging one, that they have, indeed
KILLED A BABY.
Their psyches can’t handle that. They think that there is no forgiveness in the universe for such an act. Well, it IS about the most heinous sin you could commit, but the Lord forgives, even if you can’t forgive yourself.