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China Plans To End Executed Prisoner Organ Donations Within 5 Years

Posted by timothy on from the have-you-considered-the-patch? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "China said that it planned to end the practice of taking organs from executed prisoners within five years, according to the state media report on Friday. Instead, China's vice minister of health Dr. Huang Jiefu said that the country will rely on a new national donation system for organ transplants at a conference in the city of Hangzhou on Thursday."

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  1. Re:sure... by M0j0_j0j0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    And that Sir, is where you get the moral problem.

  2. Execution methods make a difference, as well... by Ellis+D.+Tripp · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the US, the execution techniques usually used would leave the organs unsuitable for re-use. They would either be saturated with toxins (lethal injection) or cooked (electric chair).

    In China, the usual method of execution is a bullet into the back of the head.

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  3. Re:why ? by asparagus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because this is China.

    Executable offensives include: political dissent, terrorism, drug dealing, child pornography, being of the wrong religous groups, the usual laundry list.

    Where it gets exciting is when they send doctors to determine your blood type to decide if you've committed an executable offense.

  4. Re:sure... by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 4, Informative

    Citations provided. It's pretty grisly stuff. The profitability of doing organ donations on the side, without official due process, has even motivated some jurisdictions to convict more readily. Better still, fraud is a capital offence.

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