China announces end date for taking
prisoners' organs.
Taking internal organs from executed
prisoners for transplants is a highly controversial topic especially in a
country where over thousands of prisoners are estimated to be executed every
year and the justice system doesn’t seem to be as independent as other
established countries.
China has been using “donated organs of
executed prisoners” for transplants but recently admitted such practice and
announced to cease it within the next several years because those organs of the
executed prisoners are more likely to be infected by some disease which could
cause long term affects to those who are undergone the transplant.
Here is a question. Is it acceptable to use
a dead prisoner’s organ to save someone else’s life provided that an execution
is something that is usually scheduled, which does offer a great convenience to
prepare for a transplant but it also could create a chance to be traded, not to
mention the possibility that the prisoner might have not been notified his or
her donating the organ(s)?
Enjoy reading and thinking about the
practice and discipline.
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