Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Ancesthntr; ifinnegan
OTOH, taking plasma (or blood) from an aborted fetus/baby for these purposes is an absolute outrage.

Correct, and there's absolutely no hint of that happening, and even this hysterical article doesn't claim it is.

Voluntary donors are mentioned in every non-speculative reference.

48 posted on 06/06/2019 2:30:14 PM PDT by semimojo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies ]


To: semimojo

“Correct, and there’s absolutely no hint of that happening, and even this hysterical article doesn’t claim it is.”

I think there’s a hint. You mean evidence.

The rumors, i.e. hints, were enough to have legitimate medical groups address the possibility. This sensationalist article referenced an article. I looked it up and it was a real article.

Yes, you can say that article talks about children, not aborted fetuses.

In China there’s been more evidence of such a market.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/chinese-made-infant-flesh-capsules-seized-korea/story?id=16296176

Chinese-Made Infant Flesh Capsules Seized in S. Korea

The dried flesh of dead infants appears to be the not-so-secret ingredient in a health supplement that is reportedly being smuggled out of China.

The performance-enhancement pills, touted for increasing vitality and sex drive, have been found in the luggage of tourists and in international mail, according to South Korean authorities.

They said they had confiscated nearly 17,500 of the human flesh capsules since last August, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Nurs Ethics. 1998 Nov;5(6):518-26.
Children sold for transplants: medical and legal aspects. Amnesty International—Danish Working Group for Children.

Fasting U1, Christensen J, Glending S.
Author information

1
Viborg Hospital, Denmark.
Abstract
Over the last few decades there has been a substantially higher percentage of successful organ transplants but also a significant imbalance between the demand for and the supply of organs, creating the basis for a highly profitable black market trade in human organs. Sometimes there are reports that children have been kidnapped, only to reappear later lacking one kidney, or that they simply disappear and are subsequently killed to have all their transplantable organs removed for profit. The European Union feels that there is a need for action and that it has a duty to act in this field, especially for ethical reasons. There is now established close co-operation between the various European transplant organizations. The legal protection of children with regard to organ transplantation is not specifically mentioned in the existing conventions because this issue was not foreseen at the time of their preparation. However, the issue is covered in a broader sense by more general provisions. There are endless rumours surrounding this area. Members of various organizations who travel in the suspected countries say that the trafficking in children who are sold for transplantation is well known, but it is too difficult and very dangerous to catch the people involved. We have to conclude that it has been impossible to prove or disprove the rumours, but they are consistent and we all, especially in the health care professions, have an obligation to be keenly aware of how and where organs are obtained.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9856069

So, I agree with you the article is sensationalist.

But do you think it is not happening or outside the realm of possibility?


50 posted on 06/06/2019 3:09:50 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson