Monday, December 05, 2005
China Admits to Organ Harvesting
From The Times via Wesley J Smith
China broke its silence yesterday to admit for the first time that the organs of executed prisoners were sold to foreigners for transplant.
For many years it has denied that such a trade existed. But Huang Jiefu, the Deputy Health Minister, acknowledged that the practice is widespread and promised to tighten the rules.
“We want to push for regulations on organ transplants to standardise the management of the supply of organs from executed prisoners and tidy up the medical market,” Mr Huang told Caijing magazine.
Apparently they have decided the global moral climate has sunk close enough to their level to skip the charade.
China broke its silence yesterday to admit for the first time that the organs of executed prisoners were sold to foreigners for transplant.
For many years it has denied that such a trade existed. But Huang Jiefu, the Deputy Health Minister, acknowledged that the practice is widespread and promised to tighten the rules.
“We want to push for regulations on organ transplants to standardise the management of the supply of organs from executed prisoners and tidy up the medical market,” Mr Huang told Caijing magazine.
Apparently they have decided the global moral climate has sunk close enough to their level to skip the charade.
papijoe 1:42 PM
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