Comment by smeggysmeg
3 hours ago
Until we find out otherwise. There have been multiple organ harvesting scandals lately. Informed consent has become a marketing concept, no longer a reality.
3 hours ago
Until we find out otherwise. There have been multiple organ harvesting scandals lately. Informed consent has become a marketing concept, no longer a reality.
Citation required. Specifically for a western country happening at any notable scale via organ donors.
Citation: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/kentucky-organ-donatio...
Organ harvesting of living patients hasn't fully scaled up as a practice yet, but it's definitely a major source of income for some rural hospitals.