this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2025
332 points (98.3% liked)

News

31285 readers
2689 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

TJ Hoover was declared brain dead after suffering an overdose in October 2021, but his sister Donna Rhorer says doctors attempted to harvest his organs while he was still showing signs of life.

Rhorer says TJ's eyes were open and tracking movement during his honor walk, when family members gather to say goodbye before organ donation surgery.

"Almost immediately as soon as his honor walk started, his eyes were opened, and they were tracking, looking around at the people that were there," Rhorer said.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Univ3rse@lemmynsfw.com 48 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Makes me reconsider being an organ donor. They were trying to "euthanize" him to sell his organs. This was attempted murder for profit.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The sad thing is we desperately need people to stay organ donors if organ transplants that save lives are to stay a thing and these ethical catastrophes that should lead to mass arrests instead end with people leaving the registry and seemingly 0 consequences for the ghouls that caused the issue…

It’s not unlikely this will cause shortages for people in need that was completely preventable due to greed and capitalism.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Spot on. I've had my donor registration sitting on my desk for the last few years, and I've been deliberating on it because I don't trust capitalism not to create perverse incentives and do fucked up shit just like this.

That, and I don't want my remains to just be a tool to help fund some CEO's yacht.

Reading this, I feel even more justified in my concern, and it definitely could affect my ultimate decision.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

If you've had it for years sitting there you where never going to sign it.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Not only that but the reduction in organ supply will be a windfall for shareholders! I see this as an absolute win! USA, USA!

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh common, there are plenty of murder attempts at you for profit!

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Bro, I know how capitalism works.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

i once posted a question on another forum a while ago about organ donation, what if we can decide which organs go to which persons, so it would mitigate some of these issues,

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago

If you can decide where your organs go, wouldn't you decide to keep them for yourself? Dude wasn't brain dead they say..

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is a rash conclusion to jump to

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What other conclusion is there?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That it would be horrible to deny people a chance at life because you read a shitty clickbait article

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have heard other anecdotes of doctors pushing families into cutting support so they can use the organs. Seems plausible to me

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes this sort of bullshit is why lots of people die needlessly. Some lie that a friend of a friend supposedly "knew". It's conspiracy nonsense that would only ever make a shred of sense if the doctor pushing for it personally knew the recipient and also knew they were a match. Not saying it's never happened but calling it dubious is too kind.