Organ theft

Yesterday at the gym, I watched (well, read the closed captioning for) a CNN special on human organ trafficking in China. Basically, people who can afford it and need replacement organs such as a liver or kidney, go to China. They don't realize it but their new parts are coming from Chinese prisoners. Often times these prisoners are in captivity for simple things such as tax-related crimes. Other times they are there for their political beliefs. And many have testified before the U.S. Congress that they've seen organs extracted from Chinese prisoners while they are still alive. While they are still bleeding and breathing.

Words can't express how sick and sad this report made me. You should have seen some of the images...

Anyway, I don't have time right now to research this and write an informed post, but here are a few links.

Sale of Human Organs in China

Harvesting and sale of body parts