UK Organ Donation System - unconscious people can be harvested

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UK Organ Donation System - unconscious people can be harvested

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[quote]New British Organ Donation System Will Harvest People’s Organs Without Their Consent

A new opt-out system for organ donation will be in place by 2020 in England, if Parliament approves “Max’s Law”. Under the plans detailed by ministers, adults will be presumed to be organ donors unless they have specifically recorded their decision not to be. ...

Dr McCarthy has set out a number of key concerns over this latest government policy announcement.

He stated “Most organ donors, including those who give explicit consent before they die, are unaware that their hearts may be beating when their organs are taken…”

He noted the varying standards of diagnosing whether a donor of vital organs is actually dead.

“Some of the [specialists] favour abandoning the ‘dead donor’ rule and simply taking vital organs from those admitted to be still alive though perhaps unconscious and close to death.”[
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To read the entire article, please visit: http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/07/new- ... r-consent/

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner.

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