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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,005 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:34 PM Sep 18

RFK Jr. announces move to decertify organ procurement organization

Source: CBS News

Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Thursday new action to reform the nation's organ transplant system, as well as a a move to decertify an organ procurement organization.

"Every American should feel safe becoming an organ donor and giving the gift of life, yet decades of ignored patient safety concerns have driven more and more Americans off the donor list," Kennedy said. "Today, under President Trump's leadership, we are taking bold action and historic action to restore trust in the organ procurement process."

Transplant experts said last year there had been a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, after a report that a Kentucky man who'd been declared dead woke up just as a team was preparing to remove his organs. Since then, there have been more reports of attempts to remove organs from patients who had mistakenly been declared dead.

Kennedy said at a news conference that "we are acting because of years of documented patient safety data failures and repeated violations of federal requirements, and we intend this decision to serve as a clear warning."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-announces-move-decertify-150823999.html



He's just mad they couldn't find him a new brain.
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RFK Jr. announces move to decertify organ procurement organization (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 18 OP
How many people will he kill in the name of patient safety? Irish_Dem Sep 18 #1
I don't believe lonely bird Sep 18 #2
Let the peddling of fake (or undocumented immigrant) organs begin! FakeNoose Sep 18 #3
ICE is reported to have "lost" 1000 detainees. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 18 #7
I immediately thought the same. yardwork Sep 18 #9
you mean keroro gunsou Sep 19 #22
What's next for the regime? No black organs in white people? . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 18 #4
"Hey my new liver gave me hepatitis" LeftInTX Sep 18 #5
The will, however, enact organ harvesting. Javaman Sep 18 #6
Starting with the oligarchy? TommyT139 Sep 18 #8
Seems like an odd "coincidence" nt lostnfound Sep 18 #13
"He's just mad they couldn't find him a new brain." 3825-87867 Sep 18 #10
Well, it's putrid enough now! ReRe Sep 18 #12
wish he'd tell his brain worm to STFU! NT orleans Sep 18 #11
Tech bros have been seeking immortality pfitz59 Sep 18 #14
Organ transplantation is MAGAt's newest target. TomSlick Sep 18 #15
There is a limited window after death in which organs remain viable for transplant. Ms. Toad Sep 18 #19
Agreed. TomSlick Sep 18 #21
Brought to you by the guy who put a dead bear in his trunk. tinrobot Sep 18 #16
That doesn't inspire a whole lot of confidence, does it? Hekate Sep 18 #17
Getting closer to a future of... Godot51 Sep 18 #18
If they're going to mess with the donor system Buddyzbuddy Sep 18 #20

TommyT139

(1,937 posts)
8. Starting with the oligarchy?
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:28 PM
Sep 18

From Sept. 3rd:

Hot mic catches Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality

Live footage of private conversation between Russian president and Chinese leader aired at Beijing military parade

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/03/hot-mic-catches-vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality

3825-87867

(1,609 posts)
10. "He's just mad they couldn't find him a new brain."
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 04:20 PM
Sep 18

Nah, he's just pissed because no worms offered to replace the dead one!
The location wasn't putrid enough!

ReRe

(12,022 posts)
12. Well, it's putrid enough now!
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 04:53 PM
Sep 18

Quick. Someone find a thousand new worms to inject into him. Puuulllllllllllleeeeeeeeease!!

pfitz59

(11,893 posts)
14. Tech bros have been seeking immortality
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:15 PM
Sep 18

one theory behind Musk's brain experiments is a plan to transfer one's memories into data centers.

TomSlick

(12,732 posts)
15. Organ transplantation is MAGAt's newest target.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:15 PM
Sep 18

The Arkansas Legislature passed a bill in the last session to allow a donor's family to supersede an organ donor's election.

I don't understand the issue other than a mistrust of science.

Ms. Toad

(37,724 posts)
19. There is a limited window after death in which organs remain viable for transplant.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:57 PM
Sep 18

If family has the right to override the wishes of the decedent, it adds time while the medical staff figures out who to ask . . . On top of the issue of bodily autonomy. If I choose to save up to a eight individuals, and help up to 75, my family should not have the right to toss my body in the ground to rot - and to condemn those I might have saved to death.

I have had a cadaver skin graft. My daughter will likely need a liver transplant. I have dozens of friends who have had up to 5 liver transplants (due to an autoimmune disorder), and a half dozen who have died on the waiting list.

Both the Arkansas Bill, and the prospect of RFK Jr messing with organ procurement is a disaster, and will result in more deaths. The only good I can see coming from RFK Jrs involvement is the potential for some liberals who are hesitant to donate out of fear that their organs might go to a magat might think twice if RFK Jr is discouraging it.

TomSlick

(12,732 posts)
21. Agreed.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 11:20 PM
Sep 18

I have a transplanted cornea in one eye and will eventually need one in the other. The roadblocks to transplantation are worrying.

It also just infuriates me that family can override a person's intent to be an organ donor.

tinrobot

(11,784 posts)
16. Brought to you by the guy who put a dead bear in his trunk.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:17 PM
Sep 18

And a whale head on his roof.

I suspect he just wants some kidneys for the glove box.

Hekate

(99,548 posts)
17. That doesn't inspire a whole lot of confidence, does it?
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:37 PM
Sep 18

I first signed up to be a donor over 50 years ago. Plan A: use up everything before I die. Plan B: whatever’s not “used up” — give away anything that might help someone else.

I had to re-affirm that recently when I went to the DMV for my license renewal — and for the first time ever, I hesitated. Now I know why.

Godot51

(640 posts)
18. Getting closer to a future of...
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:46 PM
Sep 18

...organ-leggers and corpsesicles as was written about by various science fiction writers in the 60s.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,537 posts)
20. If they're going to mess with the donor system
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:07 PM
Sep 18

to gain advantage for billionaires which I would have to assume then I will rescind my donor status.
I would rather not donate if there is the slightest chance a billionaire could benefit from my death.

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