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Mr President, the noble objectives of the Commission’s Communication on organ donation and transplantation and policy actions at EU level, as well as Mr Adamou’s report, which stresses that organ donation is a gift and that it is important to respect and protect the freedom to donate or not to donate organs for transplantation, are insufficient.
Similarly, the regulations providing for the introduction of a European organ donor card will be insufficient if all the amendments concerning guidance by ethical and moral principles contained in the European Parliament documents are rejected. Lack of moral principles and of their use in legislation leads to loss of our societies’ moral health and to various abuses in all areas of social life, including science and medicine.
In addition to the spread of liberalism and commercialism, vast social differences are a cause of the trade in organs and of other abuses. There are very rich people who can buy anything, including organs for transplantation. There are also those who are destitute. They may donate their organs as a last resort or under duress, and thus reduce their chances for good health and survival.
This state of affairs will not be changed by assurances about equal opportunities and equal access to health services. There is a requirement for real social protection and for statutory protection of human health and life."@en1
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