Source: Brownstone Institute
by Josh Stylman
“The heart monitor flatlines. The family weeps. The doctors wait exactly 75 seconds — then restart the procedure. In the world of organ transplants, ‘dead enough’ has become a moving target. The New York Times just reported something most people aren’t ready to hear: in the rush to expand organ transplants, procurement teams have sometimes started too early. Not after death — before it was fully established. This isn’t just investigative journalism anymore — it’s official. In July, the US Department of Health and Human Services released the results of a federal investigation into the transplant system.” (08/05/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/when-dead-enough-becomes-a-metric/