China's New Years Resalution

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30324440

China has promised to stop harvesting its executed prisoner’s organs by January 1st. This is not the first time China has made this promise. They made this promise back to stop in November of 2013. An estimated 2,400 prisoners were put to death in 2013 in China according to the San Francisco based prisoners’ rights organization. But as of January 1, 2015 China will only take organs from civilians that voluntarily donate.

The need for the organs comes from the 300,000 people a year in china who need organ transplants but with only 10,000 operations being carried out. “With a donation rate of only 0.6 per 1 million people, China has one of the world's lowest levels of organ donation. Dr Huang compared it to Spain, which has a rate of 37 per 1 million.” China is in desperate need for these organs to save the lives of its citizens.

I personally see nothing wrong with harvesting organs from executed prisoners as long as it is consensual. On the one side, the person is dead, why do they need it any more. But on the other side it can be seen as disrespectful to the body of the executed prisoner. Sometimes things have to be done to save the lives of others at the expense of those who are dead. If prisoners are being executed for their organs that is what must stop, but if their organs are being used to save another’s life after their sentenced to execution then by all means save living.