U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is raising concerns about the use of an aborted fetal-derived cell line in the production of the MMR vaccine, challenging Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s recent statements about the vaccine.
In a post on X, Kennedy cited the WI-38 human diploid lung fibroblast cell line, which was derived from the lung tissue of a three-month-old female fetus and is used in producing the rubella component of the MMR-II vaccine.
Kennedy also referenced testimony from vaccine researcher Dr. Stanley Plotkin and said that calculations based on the amount of DNA discussed in the testimony amount to approximately 646 billion DNA fragments from the fetal-derived cell line in each dose.
"Plotkin admits to butchering 76 aborted normally developing fetuses, all over three months old, in just one of the many studies that led to the development of his vaccine," said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.