You do realize that the Tylenol that is sold today is not exactly the same Tylenol that was sold originally? Also, if you look up Tylenol on the internet, you would know that it was actually introduced as a brand in 1955. Just because acetaminophen was discovered long before that doesn't mean that it wasn't tested at all in the time before Tylenol was released for sale. And given the number of different versions of Tylenol that are sold these days, lord only knows what testing they've done since 1955. I didn't make up the story so I don't know the specifics.
For what it's worth, here is a letter to the editor from a newspaper in Kentucky that gives perspective that religious objectors should take note of. It also has an extensive list of medications that have been tested using fetal cell lines.
The key point of the writer's letter is that although it is horrific that a baby was aborted decades ago, there is no point in not saving millions of lives by using those cells to create drugs that help people. The writer notes that if he were murdered, he would want his body used to save other people. He's not condoning creating new stem cells (that's a far more divisive conversation), he's just simply saying that the benefits of testing using those 50 year old fetal cell lines far outweigh the ethical dilemma and that the Catholic Church agrees with that viewpoint.
I don't have a problem with people saying that they don't want aborted fetus material injected in their body. If that were the case, I think most people would agree that's disturbing. The truth is, the drugs are tested on those cells, not manufactured using those cells. I know that doesn't fit the narrative that some people are trying to promote......but that doesn't mean that it isn't true. But hey, I've been told that folks have a right to believe in only the "truths" that fit their narrative.
