Is it ever moral to harvest fetal body parts?

[ElleninSeattle]

I was under the impression that some harvesting of fetal body parts is morally permissible. Can you clarify/explain?

Thank you,

Ellen in Seattle

 

[Fr.Charles_Grondin]

Fr. Tad Pacholczyk from the National Catholic Bioethics Center:

The use of cells and tissues from fetuses can also be morally acceptable when those cells are obtained from a natural miscarriage, and the parents provide consent.
This would be equivalent to consenting to an organ donation from their deceased child.