They’re Not Even Hiding It Anymore.
The New York Times just published a piece that should send a chill down your spine.
It’s not satire. It’s not science fiction. It’s real—and it’s being normalized.
In the article, transplant advocates openly admit what many of us have warned for years: organs can’t be harvested from dead bodies. They must be taken from patients whose hearts are still beating—who are not, by any meaningful standard, dead.
So what’s their solution? Redefine death…again.
One doctor in the article describes removing organs from a patient whose chest was still rising and falling. Another says flatly: “The body is warm. The heart is beating. The person looks like they could wake up.”
And yet, the harvesting continues. The ethical lines are not just being blurred—they’re being erased.
To make matters worse, Dr. Sandeep Jauhar—the author of the piece—proposes a truly chilling policy: an opt-out system for organ donation. Under this model, every American aged 18 and older would be presumed to consent to organ donation unless they take proactive steps to refuse. Many European countries already use this system—some even permit organ harvesting from individuals not on a “refusal registry” without notifying or obtaining consent from the family.
Think about what that means: The burden would no longer be on the state to get your consent—it would be on you to prove you withheld it.
Combined with the push to redefine death, this would eliminate any meaningful protection for patients on the verge of death.
At Life Legal, we’ve been sounding the alarm. We recently submitted a letter to the federal organ procurement board demanding safeguards, transparency, and genuine informed consent.
Without clear ethical boundaries, patients in critical condition won’t be treated as lives to be saved—but as parts to be harvested.
This is where the logic of the culture of death leads.
But your support makes it possible for us to fight back—through legal advocacy, public education, and direct engagement with policymakers.