Yvonne Bontkowski, Executive Director of Taking Recourse along with advisory board member Debi Vinnedge, retired Founder of Children of God for Life, are pleased to be among the signatories of The Bethlehem Declaration. Mrs Bontkowski stated: “This document should not even be necessary! We have hit the defining moment of the so called- “acceptable use” of abortion-derived vaccines and have not met the fundamental criteria necessary to justify its use, even on a temporary basis. We can no longer sit back blindly and remain complacent, the time is here and the time is now to take action- united in one voice of protest.”

One of the biggest misunderstandings in the vaccine debate is that those who conscientiously object to abortion tainted vaccines are somehow anti-vaccination. That is furthest from the truth. The media especially, have a difficult time understanding, let alone explaining, why we rightfully object to abortion tainted vaccines. We want to protect our families, and our decision to abstain until alternatives become available has never come lightly. We are continually faced with this moral dilemma and unless we continue to fight for ethical alternatives, we will constantly be facing this torment of conscience. I ask, where is our choice?