China Bans Sale Of Human Organs For Profit

Associated Press:

China published new rules governing human organ transplants in its latest effort to clean up a business critics say has little regard for medical ethics. But the regulations were packed with shortcomings, a human rights group said Saturday, including a failure to address what it called the "crucial issue" of the procurement of organs from executed prisoners.

The rules issued Friday by China's State Council, or Cabinet, include a ban on the sale of human organs for profit and on donations by people under 18, according to the text of the regulations published by the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily.

Read the whole story: Associated Press