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Pontifical Academy for Life
Coverage of Pontifical Academy for Life in the Nexus archive.
- Surgeon General suggests high measles counts could be tied to abortion opposition
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo suggested that opposition to abortion may correlate with measles cases at Ave Maria University, a Roman Catholic college where 93 cases were reported. The measles vaccine uses cell strains derived from fetal tissue from the 1960s, and the Pontifical Academy for Life has stated Catholic parents can vaccinate children with a 'clear conscience.'