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From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson)
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Subject: Re: Re: Aborted fetuses in Cosmetics
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 17:02:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 17:02:18 1985
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> > [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
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