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A Heartbeat Away

How is the legal and medical term "brain dead" applicable in order to harvest human organs when the heart is still beating?

Georgia lawmakers passed a strict law in 2019 outlawing most abortions once fetal cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks of pregnancy. The law was blocked but now will likely take effect in Georgia and other red states.

If fetal cardiac activity defines the unborn fetus as a human with rights, then life of the fetus shall be protected from that moment forward. The unborn shall be considered as a living human with all rights accorded to him/her within the limits established by law.

The Uniform Determination of Death Act of 1981 to present declares, “An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead.”