Undermining Public Trust in Organ Donation

by Wesley J. Smith

There is a story out today that I find very disturbing, for it both reflects the apparent urge among some organ professionals to cross crucial ethical boundaries and promotes public confusion about when someone can be properly declared dead. It involves heart transplants from babies and implies . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Aug 2008

Organ Harvesting Lawsuit: Potential Serious Breach of Organ Procurement Rules

by Wesley J. Smith

Doctors and a San Luis Obispo hospital are being accused in a lawsuit of mistreating Reuben Navarro, a disabled dying patient toward the end that he would die sooner rather than later and that his organs could then be be procured. (Click here for PDF of Complaint.) Based on what has either been . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Jul 2007