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aborted fetus organ transplants

Mar 12, 2009 15:13

Kidneys and livers from aborted foetuses could be given to the desperately ill and ease the organ donor shortage, a leading scientist has claimed ( Read more... )

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noabsolutes March 27 2009, 21:15:26 UTC

I am skeptical that this idea is feasible, but I wouldn't call this immoral. Waste not, want not?

ihatemostthings March 27 2009, 21:17:16 UTC

I wouldn't call it immoral.

Hell, if this works, I could really use a kidney.

tsukikage85 March 27 2009, 21:22:35 UTC

Once the fetus has already been aborted... We might as well not make that child's life be in vain. So I guess as long as abortion's legal, I'm okay with it. Still, I recognize that there's a bit of a slippery slope here in terms of people aborting fetuses for the sole purpose of providing organs.

nemo_wistar March 27 2009, 21:23:15 UTC

The remains of an aborted fetus are, in most cases, dumped into a medical waste bin ... same story as discarded IVF blastocysts. Far less of a waste to use the organs and tissues to save someone's life in either case.

srslysarahcee March 27 2009, 21:29:08 UTC

I think the idea is fantastic. I don't know how it would work though.

If the fetus is already aborted, then why waste it?