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Originally Posted by Zeraph
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Actually, it's been decided in US courts that you have ZERO right to any of your body parts once they are surgically removed, even if you're still alive. The placenta in particular is a real money-maker.
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In July 1990, the California Supreme Court ruled that a patient whose diseased spleen had been used to produce patented cell lines had no right to the millions of dollars potentially resulting from the sale of pharmaceutical products derived from his spleen.
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It's obvious that the proposed law would have huge financial ramifications. The last time I heard, which was well over ten years ago, a recipient of a kidney (or his insurance) paid $25,000 per kidney. You should recall that they usually remove kidneys in pairs, so SOMEBODY makes $50,000 from a kidney donor, but it isn't the donor or his family.
Kind of makes the oil and insurance companies look charitable, IMO.