Professor Mary B Mahowald of Case Western Reserve University, has written that it is “morally defensible” to remove organs or tissues from “nonviable” fetuses (in the first 6 months of development in the womb) while they are still alive,
“if dead fetuses are not available or are not conducive to successful transplants.”
Mahowald acknowledged “added concerns” because of the children’s “possible sensitivity to pain,” but said that “this concern may be satisfactorily addressed on a practical level using anesthesia.”
Mahowald Mary B., J. Silver, R. A. Ratcheson “The Ethical Options in Transplanting Fetal Tissue” Hastings Center Report 17 (1). P 11
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