Infants’ organs removed before meeting criteria for brain death
CNA reports:
A new report reveals that doctors in Colorado removed dying infants’ hearts from their bodies just minutes after the hearts stopped beating so the organs could be transplanted. While the doctors, who carried out the procedures with familial consent, argue that the legal and ethical definition of death is flawed, the infants did not meet criteria for brain death. One critic claimed it is an “open-and-shut case” to decide that the doctors violated medical ethics.