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No to Killing for Organs

​Conjoining euthanasia with organ harvesting is a growing phenomenon. Public faith in transplant medicine depends on maintaining the highest ethical standards.
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No to Killing for Organs
Clamps, scissors, and other surgical instruments used in the operating room during a kidney transplant are seen in this file photo. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Wesley J. Smith
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​The shortage of organs for transplantation is threatening to unleash immoral and unethical remedies. A terrible story out of Belgium illustrates the peril.
Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith
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Award-winning author Wesley J. Smith is host of the Humanize Podcast (Humanize.today), chairman of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His latest book is “Culture of Death: The Age of ‘Do Harm’ Medicine.”
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