At the annual meeting of the British Transplantation Society in Glasgow it was revealed that the National Health Service Britains government-run health care system will start asking expectant mothers whose babies have fatal defects that they should keep them full-term not to respect their lives but in order to harvest their organs.
In the UK many mothers abort their babies upon learning about birth defects. However Britain is facing a shortage of body parts for transplantation; there are currently over 7000 people on the organ waiting list with three dying every day.
Dr Trevo Stammers director for bioethics at St Marys University London condemned the practice. It is a ghoulish suggestion that can only undermine public confidence in transplantation one of the greatest medical advances of my lifetime" he said. Raiding the bodies of children born only for their organs will further tarnish the profession."
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At the annual meeting of the British Transplantation Society in Glasgow it was revealed that the National Health Service Britains government-run health care system will start asking expectant mothers whose babies have fatal defects that they should keep them full-term not to respect their lives but in order to harvest their organs.
In the UK many mothers abort their babies upon learning about birth defects. However Britain is facing a shortage of body parts for transplantation; there are currently over 7000 people on the organ waiting list with three dying every day.
Dr Trevo Stammers director for bioethics at St Marys University London condemned the practice. It is a ghoulish suggestion that can only undermine public confidence in transplantation one of the greatest medical advances of my lifetime" he said. Raiding the bodies of children born only for their organs will further tarnish the profession."
Read the rest of the article at The Stream