Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine may pose moral dilemma for Catholic community
Carla Hinton
The Oklahoman
OKLAHOMA CITY Johnson & Johnson s new vaccine has been welcomed as another weapon in the arsenal against COVID, but some members of the local Catholic faith community may avoid it.
U.S. Catholic leaders said abortion-derived cell lines were used in the testing, development and production of the vaccine.
This makes it abhorrent for many Catholics like Connie Lang of Norman, who is vehemently against abortion. I absolutely despise this one. It s an absolute no, she said of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The concern expressed by Lang, coordinator of the anti-abortion movement 40 Days for Life-Norman, may be shared by others in the local Catholic community.