Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site bunker.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!bunker!garys From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Re: Aborted fetuses in Cosmetics Message-ID: <883@bunker.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 17:02:18 EDT Article-I.D.: bunker.883 Posted: Thu Jun 27 17:02:18 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 08:02:53 EDT References: <855@bunker.UUCP> <863@bunker.UUCP> <878@bunker.UUCP> <1060@mnetor.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Bunker Ramo, Trumbull Ct Lines: 36 > > [Quotes from cosmetics brochure deleted] > I do not see any indication in there that the fetal parts used are human. > Sophie Quigley > {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie You are correct; the brochure itself does not specify what type of fetal parts are used in the product; I had not noticed that before. However, please note the report of the shipment of a "truckload of frozen human fetuses ... intercepted at the Swiss-French border ... [en route to] its cosmetic factory destination." Ray DiBlasio reported that news of this shipment is what led to the investigation of the use of human fetuses in cosmetics. Let me supplement the references with a quote from Nick Thimmesch's column (The Seattle Times, June 27, 1982) [emphasis mine -- GMS]: Fetal materials have value. Last April, guards at the Swiss-French border intercepted a truck loaded with frozen HUMAN fetuses destined for French cosmetic laboratories. This was reported in Gazette du Palais, a reputable legal journal, which explained that there was a busy trade in fetal remains for "beauty products used in rejuvenating the skin, sold in France at high prices." I do not think it farfetched to conclude that the human fetuses being shipped to the cosmetics lab were the ones used in the product. Hope this clarifies things. Gary Samuelson ittvax!bunker!garys