PRESUMED CONSENT OF ORGAN DONATION. OH, REALLY? WHAT A CREEPY WAY FOR THE STATE OF Vermont TO MAKE MONEY because “presumed consent” is NOT “informed consent”!
This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2016. Bill as introduced, H. 57 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: Sec. 1. 18 V.S.A. chapter 110A is added to read: CHAPTER 110A. ANATOMICAL GIFTS § 5232. PRESUMED CONSENT All Vermont residents 18 years of age or older shall be presumed to consent to making an anatomical gift of some or all of their organs, eyes, tissues, or a combination thereof upon their death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
§ 5231. DEFINITIONS As used in this chapter: (8) “Refusal” means a record created under section 5234 of this title that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual’s body parts.
OH really? And how many Vermonters will be given an opportunity to create such a record of refusal and how much will it cost them to do so? If it costs so much as one dollar, then this is extortion. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL KNOW THEY HAVE TO CREATE A RECORD OF REFUSAL TO BE BURIED INTACT? Shouldn’t it be the other way around, that ONLY if you have expressly chosen to give your body parts, then and only then they will take them? “Presumed” consent means that you MIGHT NOT KNOW THEY ARE HARVESTING YOUR BODY! THIS IS RAPE, JUST LIKE WHEN A YOUNG MAN “presumes consent” to force a woman to have sex just because she kissed him. This Bill is a clear violation of the United States Constitution and it violates the separation of Church & State, and it violates every known concept of “informed consent” and “meeting of the minds” when the majority of people will have no idea that Governor Peter Shumlin is harvesting their organs and selling them to the highest transplant bidder!
If you would like to join the public outrage and anger, please join the group “Vermonters Against Peter Shumlin” on facebook.com This Act repeals the previous Act, 18 V.S.A. Chapter 110 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. In this new Act, if you should die or become close to death (their favorite time for harvesting organs) BEFORE you are scheduled to get a new drivers’ license, or if you don’t drive, like many senior citizens and vulnerable disabled persons, then you probably will not know that your organs are going to be harvested by order of a Bill signed by Governor Peter Shumlin, without any payment to your estate or family, then sold to the highest organ transplant bidder.
“§ 618a. ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT; DONOR REFUSAL; FORM The Commissioner shall provide a form which, upon the licensee’s execution, shall serve as a document of refusal to make an anatomical gift under 18 V.S.A. chapter 110 § 5234. An indicator shall be placed on the license of any person who has executed an anatomical gift refusal form in accordance with this section.” “5239. RULEMAKING The Commissioner of Health may adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 as needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter.” It is completely UN-constitutional for any Commissioner of Health to make any rules or regulations that can deprive you or your loved ones of your body parts. http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.0057 LocationHouse Committee on Human Services Sponsor(s)Rep. Barbara Rachelson Additional Sponsors Rep. Mollie S. Burke Rep. Alison H. Clarkson Rep. Diana Gonzalez Rep. Joan G. Lenes Rep. William J. Lippert Rep. Christopher Pearson Rep. Kesha K. Ram Rep. George W. Till Rep. Tommy Walz Legal Staff Jennifer Carbee
http://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/Docs/JOURNAL/hj150123.pdf#page=3 An act relating to presumed consent for organ donation. http://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/Docs/BILLS/H-0057/H-0057%20As%20Introduced.pdf
Could we get the state legislators to state presumed prices per body part? Remember, they are going to TAKE your body parts WITHOUT your informed consent, and consider them a “gift” from you, and then SELL them to the highest bidder! For example, how much can the state of Vt get for Peter Shumlin’s Penis when he dies, and can the State of VT sell it to a woman who wants it sewn on her groin during a sex change? Let’s get each state senator who is a man to tell us how much we want the state of Vermont to sell HIS penis for, and if the State of Vermont can sell it to men, who think there’s is too short, so they want a transplant for vanity, and not for medical necessity? Can we get the women in the state legislature to whether or not any of them were previously men, and how much would they buy a vagina for from the State of Vermont selling dead women’s vaginas? How much money do you think the state of Vermont can sell Peter Shumlin’s nose for when he’s dead? We can presume he wants an open coffin for his family and daughters to view him with the nose removed?
Status of the bill
Whether intentional or not, Cris Ericson’s report sounds as though this bill was passed and is scheduled to take effect on Jan, 1, 2016. The VT Legislative website reports that the bill has been referred to committee, that there have been no witnesses so far and no role call votes.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.57#detailed-status
“Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services”
Here is link to the text of H. 57
http://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/Docs/BILLS/H-0057/H-0057%20As%20Introduced.pdf
I agree with Ericson that mandatory organ donation is not consensual, even with an opt out. The term, “presumed consent” is Orwellian.
To: SK-B, I'm sorry, I should be more careful to clarify!
Also, I want to clarify how they will make money on this bill, with no
transparency.
There will be NO accountability to the taxpayers because they hide all of the
itemized billing under Section 5236 (a) which states:
“§ 5236. SALE OR PURCHASE OF PARTS PROHIBITED (a) Except…”
If passed and signed into law by Governor Peter Shumlin during the 2015 legislative session, then
This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2016. Bill as introduced, H. 57
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. 1. 18 V.S.A. chapter 110A is added to read: CHAPTER 110A. ANATOMICAL GIFTS
§ 5236. SALE OR PURCHASE OF PARTS PROHIBITED (a) Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section,
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal,
processing,
preservation,
quality control,
storage,
transportation,
implantation,
or disposal of a part.
Just the “implantation” alone could bring an itemized billing charge of hundreds of thousands of dollars per procedure.
There is NO transparency of WHO is going to make all the money from
your “gift” of your body parts. Where does the money go? Clearly, this
is not a humanitarian enterprise, this is all about itemized billing!
http://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/Docs/BILLS/H-0057/H-0057%20As%20Introduced.pdf
Please let these State Representatives know what you think!
Please let these Vermont State Representatives know what you think about
their proposed new law to deprive you of “informed consent” and replace it with “presumed consent”. Please note that their legislative counsel, attorney, lawyer Jennifer Gelb Carbee, went to law school in North Carolina,
where they clearly taught her absolutely NOTHING about the United States Constitution.
Legal Staff: Jennifer Gelb Carbee, Attorney (Lawyer)
Law School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D.
WHO TO BLAME, WHO TO COMPLAIN TO
ABOUT THIS DISGUSTING AND REPULSIVE PROPOSED NEW LAW
(which clearly may intend homeless people as its victims)
IN VERMONT WHICH DEPRIVES YOU OF “informed consent”
and REPLACES IT WITH “PRESUMED CONSENT”
which is a violation of the United States Constitution!
Notice that there isn’t one Republican in this group
of Representatives to the Vermont General Assembly,
also known as the Vermont State Legislature.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.0057
Location House Committee on Human Services
Sponsor(s)
Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Democrat, Chittenden-6-6, brachelson@leg.state.vt.us,
Home address: 205 Summit St., Burlington, VT 05401
(802)862-1290
Additional Sponsors
Rep. Mollie S. Burke, Progressive Party, Windham-2-2
mburke@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 62 West St., Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802)257-4844
Rep. Alison H. Clarkson, Democrat, Windsor-5
aclarkson@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 18 Golf Ave, Woodstock, VT 05901
(802)457-4627
Rep. Diana Gonzalez, Progressive Party, Chittenden-6-7
dgonzalez@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 27 LeClair St., Winooski, VT 05404
does not reveal phone, married to Ace McArleton
Rep. Joan G. Lenes. Democrat, Chittenden-5-2
jlenes@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 197 Governor’s Lane, Shelburne, VT 05482
(802)985-8515
Rep. William J. Lippert, Democrat, Chittenden-4-2
wlippert@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 2751 Baldwin Rd., Hinesburg, VT 05461
(802)482-3528
Rep. Christopher Pearson, Progressive Party, Chittenden-6-4
cpearson@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 12 Brookes Ave, Burlington, VT 05401
(802)860-3933
Rep. Kesha K. Ram, Democrat, Chittenden-6-4
kram@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 31 N. Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05401
(802)881-4433
Rep. George W. Till
Democrat, Chittenden-3
gtill@leg.state.vt.us
Home address: 74 Foothills Dr., Jericho, VT 05465
(802)899-2984
Rep. Tommy Walz, Democrat, Washington-3
twalz@aol.com
Home address: 157 Camp St., Barre, VT 05461
(802)476-7819
Legal Staff: Jennifer Gelb Carbee, Attorney (Lawyer)
Law School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/Docs/JOURNAL/hj150123.pdf#page=3
An act relating to presumed consent for organ donation.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/Docs/BILLS/H-0057/H-0057%20As%20Introduced.pdf
Vermont Organs
Vermont Organs
by Mark Twain
Cris Ericson need not be concerned that the State of Vermont will be selling organs. A source close to Shumlin assured this citizen journalist that, “all organ auctions under H. 57 will be conducted by private corporations.”
Privatization, explained our source, will satisfy conservatives “who will have no cause to cry, ‘socialism!’” He explained that the business arrangements will be structured in a manner “which benefits progressive initiatives such as education and healthcare.”
Ericson basically got it right when she lauded Shumlin for this visionary plan to enrich state coffers. But the details do need to be clarified. Under H. 57 the State of Vermont will not be selling organs: The state will be putting contracts out to bid so that private companies can compete for the Kidney Franchise, the Liver Franchise, the Heart and Lung Franchise, the Penis and Nose Franchise, and the Vagina Monologue Franchise.
Responding to Ericson, our unnamed source assured this citizen journalist that, “we do not anticipate ‘vanity’ penis purchases. Organ transplants — particularly penis replacement — is a serious matter and we expect penis replacement surgery to be used only as a last resort remedy for erectile disfunction.”
Currently, the State Auditor’s office is preparing a report on projected economic impacts of H. 57. The report is to be published prior the the roll call vote, but sections of the current draft have been leaked to this citizen reporter, including the following:
“Modern organ banks should be no different from other banks. Organs can be bundled into negotiable securities, so that investors can buy shares in Vermont Kidneys™, Vermont Livers™, and Vermont Spleens™. This will be good for the health of the economy.”
The draft report touts the program’s social benefits to low income Vermonters:
“Kidney debit cards can help vulnerable Vermonters, by providing cash now for the monetary value of future organ contributions. Of course, children must be protected, and no organ will be removed from a living child without the express, written consent of at least one parent.”
In a spontaneous, exclusive interview in the men’s room of the gold-domed Vermont Statehouse, the governor declared: “This Ericson lady has been up my ass and I am sick of it. I am not selling my penis, nor my great nose!”
Just as the governor was leaving, he turned and added: “Don’t get me wrong, now. I do have skin in the game.”
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Why Not? We're Used To It
Why does this seem so far fetched coming from this state legislature. After all they usually take a left arm or 2 and a couple of pints of blood in taxation in this God forsaken Socialist state. They’ve just figured out a way to tax you when you die.
Aren’t they such a creative bunch.
Don't Be Mislead! This law clearly states organs will be sold!
Don’t believe any person who says the State won’t be selling organs!
There will be NO accountability to the taxpayers because they hide all of the
itemized billing under Section 5236 (a) which states:
Ҥ 5236. SALE OR PURCHASE OF PARTS PROHIBITED (a) Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section,
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal,
processing,
preservation,
quality control,
storage,
transportation,
implantation,
or disposal of a part.
All of the items above mean the State of Vermont will charge money
for those services.
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/horror-patient-wakes-up-hospital-while-doctors-try-to-harvest-her-organs-for-transplant-profits/
Waking up on the organ harvesting table…
…..Colleen Burns recently opened her eyes to find herself
on an operating table in a hospital in Syracuse, NY.
…she noticed that she was the subject of the operation.
…doctors were about to harvest her organs…
… It was covered by ABC News…
….Doctors falsely pronounced her dead by fraudulently claiming she had
suffered “cardiopulmonary arrest” and “irreversible brain damage.”…
… how a lot of the
organ harvesting in America actually gets done: patients that are on the
verge of death (but not yet actually dead) are simply “declared” dead, then
their organs are quickly removed, killing them for good….
… “donate” them actually means they
are donating their immensely valuable organs
to a for-profit system that’s
going to earn potentially millions of dollars off the organs of a single donor…
… the doctors
engaged in organ removal and organ transplants get wealthy….
… the profits are ongoing because transplant
recipients must also pay for a long course of organ transplant
anti-rejection drugs…
… to help people,
teach them to protect the organs… food
nutrition, exercise and healthy living….
This is a totally serious issue
I googled “presumed consent” and was rather amazed to find that this is not simply a Vermont initiative, but is part of a much larger effort. There are warnings by medical ethicists about the consequences of mandatory organ donation.
Opt-outs are notoriously subject to error, and using Orwellian language (“presumed consent”) does nothing to change the reality that it is not about consent at all: It is a government mandate.
The Story of Colleen Burns
wow, I was all hyperventilatin and stuff and kind of exhausted after calling all those phone numbers and stuff and then I decided to google Colleen Burns and look at a different explanation than the one on sleuth journal and this is what I found out
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/patient-wakes-doctors-remove-organs/story?id=19609438&page=2
While I sure wouldn’t have wanted to be in Colleen’s shoes it seems the story is more complicated than it appears as posted here and the doctors responsibilities as far as declaring her brain dead were a little more complicated than as posted here. I’m so shocked that there’s a discrepancy. Guess I’ll just go calm down now.