The Demise of “Brain Death”
LifeSiteNews carries this commentary by Dr. Paul A. Byrne, M.D. who concludes:
What is going to happen when it becomes better known that “brain death” was a hoax from the beginning? Do doctors and laymen not realize that destroying human life before its natural end is a heinous crime? Do they not realize that excision of an unpaired vital organ for transplantation or research is imposed death, also known as euthanasia? Have they not been reading the papers about all those “donors” about to be sacrificed who suddenly wake up minutes before their organs were going to be extracted?
No matter how generous one might want to be by donating his own self, or vital organs from someone else to save others, suicide or homicide to save another is not morally acceptable.