strangebiology:No one understands the laws aboutselling Animal and Human Body PartsIn light of there
strangebiology:No one understands the laws aboutselling Animal and Human Body PartsIn light of therecent Planned Parenthood scandal, wherein the nonprofit is accusedof selling fetus parts illegally, a lot of people have written, as ifit were common knowledge, this phrase:“It’s illegal to sell human bodyparts.”It’sa funny thing to say because it’s mostly untrue—there are very fewrestrictions on selling non-native human remains, so long as they’renot for the purpose of transplant. And even in that case, not all states and countries ban “compensation” for human eggs and sperm. On Facebook alone, I’ve seenpeople sell human eyelashes, skulls, amputated limbs,genitals, and yes, many a fetus in a jar. But Iunderstand the confusion. There are tons of laws regarding andrestricting the ownership and trade in body parts of animals and people.So many that even the professionals can hardly keep up with them. Ifyou want to try to find out if your remains are legal, here is adocumentmade by collector Richard White. It’s 5,434 words long though, so youmight have trouble memorizing it. (Note that I’m not saying anything should or shouldn’t be legal. If it offends you that anything in particular is or isn’t accessible, then I’m glad I brought your attention to it.) Keep reading -- source link
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