In Israel, Potential Organ Donors Could Jump the Queue

laron writes "In Israel, a new law is in the making: Holders of donor cards and their families would get preference if they should need an organ for themselves. Apparently this initiative faces resistance from Orthodox rabbis, who hold that organ donation is against religious law. Jacob Lavee, director of the heart transplant unit at Israel's Sheba Medical Center, and one of the draftees of this new law, hopes that a broader pool of organs will ultimately benefit everyone, but acknowledges that one of his primary motivations is 'to prevent free riders.' (Apparently receiving an organ is OK under religious law.)"

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Or, very badly reasoned

[Anonymous Coward]

"... Judaism is actually a very well reasoned religion..."

Kissinger, Henry (1923- ), Jewish-American politician: "Any people who have been persecuted for two thousand years must be doing something wrong." Quoted in: Walter Isaacson, Kissinger - A Biography, p. 561.