The Hungarian General Court is hearing a criminal case in Budapest involving the use of aborted babies for cosmetic procedures. According to an attorney familiar with the case, it shows what "the culture of death can be capable of and what people will do for money."
Attorney Roger Kiska with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) tells American Family News the case, heard in Hungary's capital on Wednesday, involves several people – Hungarians and Ukranians – who operate several clinics.
"One of them is an abortion clinic from which they harvest from the aborted unborn children tissue and embryonic stem cells, which they then use in a cosmetic clinic injected directly into the veins of wealthy patients for $25,000 U.S. per injection," he states.
Nine individuals were arrested in July 2009 for using the cells in that manner for commercial gain. Hundreds of patients agreed to the injections at a clinic in Kaposvár that specializes in plastic surgery. Kiska says the procedure is already illegal and not approved by Hungary's medical authorities.
"There's been no testing or research on adults with this kind of research whatsoever. It's not been cleared by anyone," the attorney explains. "More importantly, you have the destruction of unborn children, a complete abuse of human dignity – and so we're hoping that the criminal sanctions are very heavy."
In its friend-of-the-court brief, ADF acknowledges its lack of competency in the area of illegal medical or bio-engineered research and treatments, but argues that "such negligence and willful disregard for patient safety should be considered tantamount to attempted homicide." And the facts of the case, concludes the brief, "so shock the conscience as to warrant the most serious of criminal punishments."
ADF senior legal counsel Daniel Lipsic offered these comments before the hearing: "A baby is precious – not a precious commodity. This horrific and inhuman use of a child's cells and tissues has no place in a civilized society. No one should be allowed to line their wallets with profit gained from creating this kind of black market – one that generates a hideous demand for babies' bodies for use in unapproved, elective cosmetic procedures."
All parties are waiting for a verdict.
Source: American Family News and Instant Analysis
