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Well that's pretty disgusting. At least, however, they're not being taken from prisoners as in China.

Regards, Ivan

1 posted on 11/12/2006 11:31:43 PM PST by MadIvan

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Ping!

2 posted on 11/12/2006 11:33:36 PM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)

To: MadIvan

It even undercuts the Chinese organ business.

Gotta stay competitive.

3 posted on 11/12/2006 11:47:00 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")

To: MadIvan

Dam! Another outsourcing article.

5 posted on 11/13/2006 1:06:01 AM PST by opinionator

To: MadIvan

Did a google search out of curiosity. Not an article but some US based facts from The National Kidney Foundation.
Link

6 posted on 11/13/2006 1:12:37 AM PST by kinoxi

To: MadIvan

Bump....

Let me see I need a ....

7 posted on 11/13/2006 2:37:52 AM PST by Deetes (God Bless the Troops)

To: MadIvan

"We do this because of our poverty," said Ms Kausar, who is in her 30s and lives with her family in Sultanpur Mor, a village in eastern Pakistan.

Since they do it voluntarily, they aren't 'victims', they're participants in the free market.

While I feel compassion for someone who is so impoverished they feel they have to sell one of their organs, painting them as victims is ridiculous.

9 posted on 11/13/2006 7:38:10 AM PST by MamaTexan (~ There is no such thing as a Big Government Conservative ~)

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