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July 15, 2024

Title: The Ethics of Organ Donation
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Dr. Heidi Klessig
with Respect for Human Life (www.respectforhumanlife.com/)

Part 1 of 3

Is there clear evidence that China is executing political prisoners by harvesting organs while the prisoner is alive and then selling the harvested body parts in the world market? What are our elected officials in America doing to stop it?

Today, Dr. Heidi Klessig discusses this horrific practice and what can be done to stop it. Dr. Klessig is a retired anesthesiologist and pain management specialist, who now speaks about the dangers of organ donation. She is an author with Respect for Human Life.

Click here to read Dr. Klessig’s op-ed on this important topic.

Click here for some great videos from Dr. Heidi Klessig on this important topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Is China’s track record of forced organ harvesting well-documented? Dr. Klessig reveals the shocking details from reputable sources from around the world.

In recent years, has China developed one of the largest and most sophisticated systems of organ transplantation in the world with wait times far shorter than in most other countries?

Is medical tourism to receive transplants in China big business?

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Title: Part 2 of 3 - The Ethics of Organ Donation
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Dr. Heidi Klessig
with Respect for Human Life (www.respectforhumanlife.com/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What states have addressed and/or banned the practice of organ harvesting from China? Dr. Heidi Klessig discusses the positive legislation from Delaware, Texas, Utah, and Idaho. She also explains why the Governor of Arizona vetoed a bill passed by both the House and Senate.

Have the countries of Israel, Spain, Italy, Taiwan, Norway, and Belgium passed laws against forced organ harvesting?

What is the purpose of HR4132, the Falun Gong Protection Act? Is the Senate version, SB761, stalled in committee? Dr. Klessig explains the strong penalties outlined in this bill.

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Title: Part 3 of 3 - The Ethics of Organ Donation
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Dr. Heidi Klessig
with Respect for Human Life (www.respectforhumanlife.com/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What is the clinical definition of “death”? Has it been modified over the past few years? Dr. Klessig explains the tricky language used to trick people into becoming organ donors. Click here for all the latest information from Dr. Heidi Klessig and Respect for Human Life.

Click here to order a copy of one of the many books by Dr. Heidi Klessig and others from Respect for Human Life.

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July 10, 2024

Title: The Ethics of Organ Donation
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Dr. Heidi Klessig
with Respect for Human Life (www.respectforhumanlife.com/)

Part 1 of 3

Is there clear evidence that China is executing political prisoners by harvesting organs while the prisoner is alive and then selling the harvested body parts in the world market? What are our elected officials in America doing to stop it?

Today, Dr. Heidi Klessig discusses this horrific practice and what can be done to stop it. Dr. Klessig is a retired anesthesiologist and pain management specialist, who now speaks about the dangers of organ donation. She is an author with Respect for Human Life.

Click here to read Dr. Klessig’s op-ed on this important topic.

Click here for some great videos from Dr. Heidi Klessig on this important topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Is China’s track record of forced organ harvesting well-documented? Dr. Klessig reveals the shocking details from reputable sources from around the world.

In recent years, has China developed one of the largest and most sophisticated systems of organ transplantation in the world with wait times far shorter than in most other countries?

Is medical tourism to receive transplants in China big business?

More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 2 of 3 - The Ethics of Organ Donation
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Dr. Heidi Klessig
with Respect for Human Life (www.respectforhumanlife.com/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What states have addressed and/or banned the practice of organ harvesting from China? Dr. Heidi Klessig discusses the positive legislation from Delaware, Texas, Utah, and Idaho. She also explains why the Governor of Arizona vetoed a bill passed by both the House and Senate.

Have the countries of Israel, Spain, Italy, Taiwan, Norway, and Belgium passed laws against forced organ harvesting?

What is the purpose of HR4132, the Falun Gong Protection Act? Is the Senate version, SB761, stalled in committee? Dr. Klessig explains the strong penalties outlined in this bill.

More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization

Title: Part 3 of 3 - The Ethics of Organ Donation
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Dr. Heidi Klessig
with Respect for Human Life (www.respectforhumanlife.com/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What is the clinical definition of “death”? Has it been modified over the past few years? Dr. Klessig explains the tricky language used to trick people into becoming organ donors. Click here for all the latest information from Dr. Heidi Klessig and Respect for Human Life.

Click here to order a copy of one of the many books by Dr. Heidi Klessig and others from Respect for Human Life.

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November 5, 2019

Title: Organ Trafficking in China
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Arielle Del Turco
with Family Research Council (www.FRC.org)

Disclaimer: Use caution when listening to this segment around young children. Issues discussed may be upsetting or hard for little ones to understand.

Organ harvesting, or trafficking, in China has been happening for decades. This segment is definitely NOT for little ears (SECOND warning!) BUT we must put a stop to this horrific crime!

Arielle Del Turco researches issues pertaining to international religious freedom for the Family Research Council’s Center for Religious Liberty. More can be found here.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

FACT or FICTION: In China, some minorities are deemed worthless. Therefore, physicians are forced to harvest their organs – sometimes while the person is still alive. Then that person is literally thrown into an incinerator while the physician or hospital profits financially.

How much money does the Chinese government profit from this horrific crime?

Is this the most excruciating form of human torture?

Does China perform more live organ transplants than any other country in the world? How long is the average wait time for an organ transplant in China versus other first-world countries?

Why doesn’t the Left in America (specifically the NBA and Hollywood) do something about this atrocity? Do they stay silent in exchange for money?

What will those in power do when they have no sense of humanity?

Are too many millennials lovers of Socialism?

Editor’s Note: Elections matter! Don’t stay home! Vote – and take someone with you!

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October 17, 2018

Title: Live Harvesting of Organs: Ethical or Not?
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Wesley J. Smith
with Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org)

Part 1 of 2

Disclaimer: Use caution when listening to this segment around young children. Issues discussed might be upsetting or hard for little ones to understand.

In September, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article which noted that “following the dead donor rule could interfere” with some patients’ desires. The authors noted: “…it may be ethically preferable to procure the patient’s organs in the same way that organs are procured from brain-dead patients (with the use of general anesthesia to ensure the patient’s comfort).”

Really?

Wesley J. Smith response: “Conjoining euthanasia with organ donation would … send the insidious message to vulnerable people that their deaths have greater social value than their lives,” as it transforms organ transplant surgeons from “healers into killers.”

Wesley J. Smith is Co-Chairman and Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism. Wesley Smith is among the world's foremost critics of assisted suicide and utilitarian bioethics.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What is the “dead donor rule”?

Is the New England Journal of Medicine influential in the medical world?

Nuremberg Trial medical expert Leo Alexander denounced German medical eugenics. What warning/advice did he offer American physicians?

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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Live Harvesting of Organs: Ethical or Not?
Topic: Organ Harvesting

Discussed by Wesley J. Smith
with Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org)

Disclaimer: Use caution when listening to this segment around young children. Issues discussed might be upsetting or hard for little ones to understand.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

How is harvesting live organs different than harvesting baby body parts after a partial-birth abortion? HINT: It’s NOT different!

Are some people “just not worth the effort”? HINT: Obviously everyone is worthy. BUT this mirrors the horrific way of thinking by the left.

Listen as Wesley discusses a book from 1920 “Permission to Destroy Life Unworthy of Life”. The ideas in this book are extremely disturbing!

Are some doctors beginning to accept euthanasia and live organ harvesting? Why are they willing to dispense with the historical foundations of medicine?

If the dead donor rule is repealed, will less people be willing to donate their organs upon their death?

What are some ethical ways to encourage and increase organ donation?

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