Pakistan has passed a law to prevent its destitute from being preyed upon by rich Westerners who exploit the poor as if they were a mere biological organ plantation. From now on, only close relatives will be legally allowed to donate organs to those in need of a transplant and organ selling a crime. I hope too, organ buying. In that way, the rich vampires (in Secondhand Smokette’s good turn of phrase from her “American Vampire”) who prey on these desperate people can also be made to pay the price, as well as the brokers. The country is chaotic, I know, but this is an important step defending the equal dignity of all humans.
HT: Bioedge
May 30th, 2010 | 11:57 am
How anybody could buy an organ for cheap from a poor and desperate person in a foreign country and live with themselves is frankly beyond me.
May 30th, 2010 | 11:58 am
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May 30th, 2010 | 2:34 pm
They should make it that the hospital that performs the transplants should be held liable for making sure the donor is doing it legally. If found to be in breach the hospital and surgeon are heavily fine and those in charge prosecuted.
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