Hunt on for Disabled “Euthanasia Organ Donors”
By Wesley J. Smith
Belgium
is really gearing up its euthanasia followed by organ harvesting
regime–and apparently the transplant medical community has no moral
qualms. In fact, it has become so morally ho-hum, that it was the
subject of discussion at the 21st European Conference on General
Thoracic Surgery held in the UK in May.
It’s all just peachy keen. From the Abstract (0-099) of “Lung Transplantation with Grafts Recovered From Euthanasia Donors:
Did you get that? One set of doctors killed the patient, stepped out
of the room, and another set of doctors entered for the harvest.
Now, the hunt is on for mentally ill and patients with disabling conditions such as MS to become “euthanasia organ donors.”
I can think of nothing more dangerous than making mentally ill and despairing disabled people believe their deaths have greater value than their lives. Well one thing [might be more dangerous], perhaps: Having a society accept the idea that it can benefit at the expense of people in desperate need of care–and whose care is very expensive.
Editor’s note. This appeared on Wesley’s great blog.
Source: NRLC News
Belgium
is really gearing up its euthanasia followed by organ harvesting
regime–and apparently the transplant medical community has no moral
qualms. In fact, it has become so morally ho-hum, that it was the
subject of discussion at the 21st European Conference on General
Thoracic Surgery held in the UK in May.It’s all just peachy keen. From the Abstract (0-099) of “Lung Transplantation with Grafts Recovered From Euthanasia Donors:
“January 2007 and December 2012,
47/350 (13.4%) patients received pulmonary grafts from controlled DCDs
[donation after cardiac death], including 6 (1.7%) after euthanasia in
accordance with state legislation and approval by Ethics Committee.
Patients suffered from an unbearable neuromuscular (n = 3) or
neuropsychiatric (n = 3) disorder with explicit wish to donate organs.
Euthanasia was executed by an independent physician in a room adjacent
to the operating room in the absence of the retrieval team.”
Now, the hunt is on for mentally ill and patients with disabling conditions such as MS to become “euthanasia organ donors.”
“Euthanasia donors accounted for
12.8% of all lung DCDs. Immediate post-transplant graft function and
long-term outcome in recipients was excellent. More euthanasia donors
are to be expected with more public awareness.”
In a better world, increased public awareness would cause universal public revulsion.I can think of nothing more dangerous than making mentally ill and despairing disabled people believe their deaths have greater value than their lives. Well one thing [might be more dangerous], perhaps: Having a society accept the idea that it can benefit at the expense of people in desperate need of care–and whose care is very expensive.
Editor’s note. This appeared on Wesley’s great blog.
Source: NRLC News
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