Reply To: Are hospitals "organ harvest happy"?

Ubiq and (APY somewhat): Yes, I know the media lies, but it’s not the norm for them to revise the number of dead people downward, which they based on numbers given by the police.

I can’t figure out how quickly things progressed, the hospital is now saying something else entirely, which is a little suspect. MLive quoting the medical director “…but said the nature of her injuries and the efforts to sustain her life, led doctors to discuss the possibility that she may become brain dead. But he said Abigail is not brain dead.” this while the mom is mentioning her daughter squeezing her hand as “breathtaking”. Go figure out whom to believe.

Thanks for clarifying the point about the ventilator and breathing.

My documented example was not to illustrate that true brain death is reversible, but that despite knowing the patient failed the breathing test, they still went ahead with harvesting his organs, because the doctor said the patient won’t recover.

Which leads me to yes, the slippery slope argument. Some of this is already happening, meaning life with a terminal illness is meaningless to some — donating organs before pulling the plug is the logical next step for those that don’t believe that life in essence is valuable, regardless of the person’s condition.

I didn’t hide the fact that this Park guy may be crazy, it was his cold, calculated logic (that he also uses to try to influence others) which quite frankly unnerved me. I don’t think he’s alone with his agenda, and it must be addressed and fought or life will indeed become dispensable and we’ll only have ourselves to blame.