China issues new regulation banning trade in human organs
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Apr 6, 2007, 15:42 GMT
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The chinese will probably sell body parts they obtain from 3rd world countries.
Slit out the back, Jack;
Make a new 'tran-plan;
no need to be 'joy, boy;
just listen to me!
Hop on the sword, Hoard;
(no need to discuss much...),
just drop off the KidNee,
and let yourself 'free.'
Human Rights Watch advocates are right to be concerned about China’s new rules on organ trafficking and they’re not the only ones. Earlier this year two Canadian lawyers reported that Chinese doctors and the military are heavily involved in illicit organ harvesting and transplant tourism in China. Their study revealed that from 2000 to 2005, there were 41,500 organs of unknown origin transplanted in China--the unwilling donors being Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. I admit this is horrific news and no small accusation but China dismissed the report ‘out of hand’ refusing the research team entry to China. Hmm! Make no mistake--these rules may look like a step in the right direction for the most part but it is obvious that their purpose is to gloss China's image before the 2008 Olympics. If we keep on relying on data derived from transplantations performed in China along with loose regulations to remedy this macabre practice, I’m afraid we will simply fail the test time and
again. Meanwhile the killing goes on unabated. 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing': Edmund Burke said. Please think twice before rushing to get a kidney in China.
Read ‘Bloody Harvest’ online by Kilgour and Matas and form your own opinion.
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SP4: wow! that only took 50 years!Apr 6th, 2007 - 15:51:27
They really steeped up on that one! How will they pay for their prison system now?
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