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...hunger strikes. Right now, there is a protest being staged in Boston Commons over it. Apparently the protesters are taking offense to the fact that the plot claims that Jesus married Mary Magdelene and had kids. I am a Roman Catholic. I was an alter boy. I play the organ regularly for church services. I go to mass every Sunday. And I find nothing offensive about “The Da Vinci Code.” I remember being engrossed when I read the book, staying up late into the night, repeatedly telling myself “Just one more...
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...right of the picture, wearing red state colors, are the Gornickes: Travis (Jeff Daniels), MaryJo (Kristin Chenoweth) and their kids. They like to sing hymns, eat organ meat and are full of mindless pep. They are also, of course, the Munro?s worst nightmare...
...Falun Gong activists aren't the only ones concerned about China's organ trade. A day before Hu's interrupted White House speech, the British Transplantation Society, a group of 800 surgeons, issued a statement criticizing the use of death-row prisoners' organs in transplants-because it cannot verify China's claim that it only procures organs from prisoners who have given consent. "I don't believe anybody in a prison would be sitting around having voluntary consent discussions," says bioethicist Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania...
...part, China's Ministry of Health maintains that Chinese hospitals perform "very few" transplants using executed inmates' organs. But Bek-Medical, a broker based in Japan that advertises "fast, cheap and safe" transplants for foreigners who are willing to travel to China, says it arranges 30 to 50 operations a year. The source of the kidneys and livers? "Executed prisoners," a Bek-Medical staffer told TIME. But that may soon change. In July, China is scheduled to implement new regulations banning organ sales and requiring written consent from donors or their relatives. If Beijing sticks to its new rules, organ...