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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by orf on Monday January 02, 2017 @10:53AM (#13301784)
> People have also quickly forgotten the organ theft scandals of the last 40 years where hospitals stole organs from bodies for research and profit.

Which they wouldn't have done if there was a ready supply of donated organs, instead of a critical shortage.

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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by jhg7877 on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:02AM (#13301844)
I suggest you do some research about the organ retention scandals in the UK and Ireland and how it affected grieving families. It's horrifying and would make any rational person seriosuly question opt-out organ donation given the unethical behaviour of hospitals for decades.

"According to Colgan, babies' bodies were filled with sand, so they would be the correct weight when loved ones held them for the last time. Pituitary glands of thousands of children (and some adults) were sold to pharmaceutical companies unbeknownst to their families."[1]

[1] http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-scandal-of...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder_Hey_organs_scandal

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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by orf on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:00PM (#13302360)
I agree, that does sound pretty bad. But I fail to see how it relates in any way to organ donation.

> The Alder Hey organs scandal involved the unauthorised removal, retention, and disposal of human tissue

The key word is unauthorised.

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