Is support for organ markets in the blood? One of the world's most articulate defenders of organ markets is a second-generation Iranian - and guess what else?

Only one country in the world has eliminated the shortage of transplant kidneys. Only one country in the world has legalized financial payments to kidney donors. That country is Iran.

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Nick writes:

Don't know if you'd seen that Iran is also the country with the most sex-change operations.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/8253

This supports Ahmadinejad's claims that there are no gays in Iran.

You could call this a very practical approach to achieving their objectives.

Posted April 15, 2008 12:42 PM

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