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Bassago
Little girl sold for ‘organ harvesting’
A young girl has been smuggled out of Africa and sold for organ harvesting, authorities have revealed. It is the first case of a child being trafficked into Britain for the express intention of providing organs for people desperate for a transplant, reports the Telegraph.
The girl, whose identity has been protected, was taken from Somalia and smuggled into the UK so that her organs could be removed and sold. A British government report revealed human trafficking has reached record levels, rising by 50 per cent in the last year.
This has got to be the most despicable thing I have ever heard of. If there ever was a case for the death penalty this has got to be it and that's all I'll say about it.
BanTv
reply to post by DeadSnow
Wouldn't organ rejection be a huge issue with taking some random persons organs? How do these traffickers and recipients account for that...I wonder.
Just thinking out loud
DaRAGE
Geez guys. Some of you didn't even read two posts down from my first post...where I said I wouldn't do it either...
I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of the parents who use the organs think they actually come from a legitimate source.
A variety of factors contribute to differences among races: biological, medical, social, and personal. Biological factors include different rates of ABO blood groups within races, as well as differences in major histocompatibility complex antigens. Because of these differences, organs from black donors have a better match with potential black recipients than white. Blacks have a lower donation rate than whites, for reasons discussed in more detail below, contributing to fewer available biologically compatible organs for blacks than for whites.
ShadeWolf
reply to post by Logos23
From what I've heard, marrow donations hurt like hell. It's basically jamming a gigantic needle into your femur (or was it pelvis?). Of course people do it, though, because it's literally a lifesaving procedure, and chances are the recipient is someone the donor knows very well.
BlubberyConspiracy
Goes to show you how irresponsible the whole system is. Until corporate hysteria is removed form the entire complex, the technology necessary to avoid this kind of sickness won't come or last long if it does.
Nothing should come at the cost of another human being against that person's will. ]
I've heard rumors for years, but never really believed people could be so ruthless.