Posted on 01/27/2006 6:13:05 AM PST by Born Conservative
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday announced that he is proposing legislation that would regulate tissue transplants and donations, Long Island Newsday reports. The majority of tissue now comes from hospitals, though it is not illegal for funeral homes to sell tissue (Ochs, Long Island Newsday, 1/24). However, Schumer's legislation would make it illegal for tissue banks to purchase tissue, bone and muscle from funeral homes or morgues, with exceptions for types of tissue in short supply. Schumer also would tighten FDA oversight by requiring the agency to make unannounced visits to tissue banks at least once a year (Livingston, New York Post, 1/24). FDA now inspects tissue banks "as needed," Newsday reports. Schumer's proposal also would put limitations on charges for processing tissue. In a letter to FDA last week, Schumer expressed concern about reports of a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based funeral home selling body parts without consent to Fort Lee, N.J.-based Biomedical Tissue Services. FDA in October 2005 sent a letter recalling the tissue (Long Island Newsday, 1/24). According to the New York Post, Schumer said that there is "virtually no accountability' in tissue transplants, though organ transplants and donations are "highly regulated." He added, "Healthy people are getting sick when they're supposed to be receiving lifesaving tissues" (New York Post, 1/24).
Where is he getting the jurisdiction to do this? Oh wait, this is Congress, they have unlimited delegated powers.
Yeah. This is just what all the over-taxed, over-legislated, wellfare-medicaid-NYC-supporting people of New York State really care about.
maybe we should ban "BLUE" states from everything!
My wife had the nerve to tell me I need to get a butt implant. But who wants body parts from a dead guy when you can get them fresh from a convicted Chinese prisoner?
If Schumer really wanted reform he would allow people to sell their own organs and tissues to the highest bidder without being thrown in jail.
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