Let's see....We live in a culture that murders babies to "harvest" their stem cells. Does anyone really think the medical and scientific professions will be squeamish about hastening the death of patients or giving up on them quickly in order to "harvest" their organs? The terminology speaks volumes. Life is no longer sacred. People are looked at from a utilitarian and pragmatic perspective as organ farms for harvesting. Why invest all those resources on an accident victim; it makes much more sense to take his organs and sell them for spare parts. What great economic sense! Spare the cost of care and make money in the deal. Hey, if Junior could have survived, who's to know? Just pacify the family with talk about noble sacrifice and it's a way for him to go on; it makes death easier and just think of the good that comes out of this oh-so-tragic situation. What they never say is that part of the tragedy is that your loved one may have been deliberately killed to be an organ donor. See
here and
here. And things are likely to get murkier with states looking at "presumed consent" legislation where anyone who hasn't specifically opted out of the donor program is automatically opted in. In the culture of death the next frontier after abortion and euthanasia is body snatching.
City to Deploy Ambulances to Save Organs
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
New York Times
Published: December 1, 2010
Some 911 calls in Manhattan will now bring out two ambulances, one hurrying to the scene and one lagging slightly behind.
The first one will try to save the patient’s life. The second one will try to save the patient’s kidneys, in case the first ambulance fails.
After months of grappling with the ethical and legal implications, New York City medical officials are beginning to test a system that they hope will one day greatly increase the number of organs collected for transplant.
