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Staff Writer
In the U.S., organ transplantation—a field meant to save lives—has become a battleground where profit and desperation erode the sanctity of life. Across the United States, an intricate system of hospitals, doctors and nonprofit donation coordinators carries out tens of thousands of lifesaving transplants each year.
At every step, it relies on carefully calibrated protocols to protect both donors and recipients. But in recent years, as the system has pushed to increase transplants, a growing number of patients have endured premature or bungled attempts to retrieve their organs. Investigations, including a damning New York Times report and a 2025 HHS probe led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reveal a chilling reality: some medical institutions and organ procurement organizations (OPOs) are harvesting organs from patients showing signs of life, ignoring cries, breathing, or resistance to meet federal transplant quotas.
Read the complete Article: Secretary of HHS, Robert Kennedy Jr. Uncovers Systemic Disregard for the Sanctity of Life in U.S. Organ Harvesting
