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  • A Federal Organ Grab Without Consent

    11/13/2006 1:11:32 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 100 replies · 1,964+ views
    Cato Institute ^ | November 2, 2006 | Sigrid Fry-Revere
    Sigrid Fry-Revere is director of bioethics studies for the Cato Institute. Just last week, seven New York funeral home directors pleaded guilty to stealing organs from thousands of bodies, including that of broadcaster Alastair Cooke. Bizarrely enough, the federal government's looking to get in on the same action. At a meeting today and tomorrow, the Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation is expected to recommend that states adopt policies of "presumed consent" for organ donation. In other words, authorities could harvest organs from your dead body without prior permission from you or your family. If...