RFK Jr. announces move to decertify organ procurement organization

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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

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He's just mad they couldn't find him a new brain.

[Irish_Dem]

1. How many people will he kill in the name of patient safety?

[lonely bird]

2. I don't believe

ANYTHING that falls out of RFK, Jr.’s mouth. He is as much a serial liar as Trump.

[FakeNoose]

3. Let the peddling of fake (or undocumented immigrant) organs begin!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. ICE is reported to have "lost" 1000 detainees. . . . . nt

[yardwork]

9. I immediately thought the same.

Most of them young people in good health.

[keroro gunsou]

22. you mean

spare parts...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. What's next for the regime? No black organs in white people? . . . nt

[LeftInTX]

5. "Hey my new liver gave me hepatitis"

[Javaman]

6. The will, however, enact organ harvesting.

You know that the next step

[TommyT139]

8. Starting with the oligarchy?

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

[lostnfound]

13. Seems like an odd "coincidence" nt

[3825-87867]

10. "He's just mad they couldn't find him a new brain."

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

[ReRe]

12. Well, it's putrid enough now!

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

[orleans]

11. wish he'd tell his brain worm to STFU! NT

[pfitz59]

14. Tech bros have been seeking immortality

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

[TomSlick]

15. Organ transplantation is MAGAt's newest target.

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]

19. There is a limited window after death in which organs remain viable for transplant.

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]

21. Agreed.

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]

16. Brought to you by the guy who put a dead bear in his trunk.

And a whale head on his roof.

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

[Hekate]

17. That doesn't inspire a whole lot of confidence, does it?

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]

18. Getting closer to a future of...

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

[Buddyzbuddy]

20. If they're going to mess with the donor system

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.