Ariz Gov vetoes legislation that aims to stop Chinese Forced organ harvesting

[beej]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/24/hobbs_veto_of_chinas_organ-harvesting_bill_spurs_questions_150994.html

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has remained mum about her recent veto of legislation aimed at curbing China's gruesome forced organ-harvesting trade, which targets detained ethnic and religious minorities, mostly Uyghur Muslims, Tibetans, Christians, and Falun Gong practitioners.

The April 10 veto has proponents of the legislation and human rights activists scratching their heads. Over the last year, Texas, Utah, and Idaho have enacted similar legislation, and legislatures in Missouri, Ohio, and North Carolina are debating similar measures. The bipartisan bills would prevent health insurance plans from reimbursing individuals for any organ transplants in China or other U.S. adversaries. They also would bar insurance payments for post-operative procedures related to organ transplants if the organ came from China or any other nation that funds or engages in forced organ harvesting.

For decades, China has harvested prisoners' organs even though the government initially asserted that all of its organ extractions were from voluntary donors. Yet, as far back as 2005, the top transplant doctor in China, then serving as the nation's vice minister of health, admitted that roughly 95% of all organ transplants come from prisoners killed for their body parts. espite an international outcry over this practice, China ramped up its organ harvesting trade over the last two decades to become a $1 billion-a-year industry, according to international human rights experts. A growing body of research has revealed a particularly reprehensible aspect of the life-ending extractions: Religious minorities and political dissidents are the primary victims, with an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 being killed for their organs each year. Other research has shown that Chinese authorities have used DNA tests on prisoners in forced labor camps to identify which prisoners would be ideal for organ harvesting.

[gcode]

Well, now we know who pays Gov. Hobb's bills

[YoDoug]

Well, now we know who pays Gov. Hobb's bills

Same guys that had an office at U Penn with a direct line to Biden.

[CNCAppsJames]

...and the same guys that were Senator Dianne Feinstein's Chauffeurs... for over 20 years... and that shitbag never had her security clearances revoked for her poor choices, and the same guys we continue to allow in our high tech University and R&D labs, DARPA, Sandia, etc...

[mkd]

...and the same guys that were Senator Dianne Feinstein's Chauffeurs... for over 20 years... and that shitbag never had her security clearances revoked for her poor choices, and the same guys we continue to allow in our high tech University and R&D labs, DARPA, Sandia, etc...

but we citizens cant go in there with so much as a computer or cell phone

[mowens]

but we citizens cant go in there with so much as a computer or cell phone

or a smartwatch

or anything with a usb port

or anything that can connect to the web

[RobertELee]

but we citizens cant go in there with so much as a computer or cell phone

Reminds me of my trip to Washington DC a few weeks ago. Got approved by our 'lovely' senator Klobuchar to take Capital and Whitehouse tours. Went on the Capital tour and found out it was basically an art exhibit of the statues and paintings. Didn't take us to the senate or house chambers or anything, but, at the end our tour guide stated "if you'd like to go on that tour, and YOU'RE A US CITIZEN you can exit the building, go down the street to find your reps office, request it, then come back at your scheduled time. Or if you're NOT A US CITIZEN, go down to the welcome desk, show your passport and they will get you the first opening" WTF?! Why is it so difficult to get a tour when you're an ACTUAL FUCKING CITIZEN?!

[mkd]

Reminds me of my trip to Washington DC a few weeks ago. Got approved by our 'lovely' senator Klobuchar to take Capital and Whitehouse tours. Went on the Capital tour and found out it was basically an art exhibit of the statues and paintings. Didn't take us to the senate or house chambers or anything, but, at the end our tour guide stated "if you'd like to go on that tour, and YOU'RE A US CITIZEN you can exit the building, go down the street to find your reps office, request it, then come back at your scheduled time. Or if you're NOT A US CITIZEN, go down to the welcome desk, show your passport and they will get you the first opening" WTF?! Why is it so difficult to get a tour when you're an ACTUAL FUCKING CITIZEN?!

wow.
just wow

[Jim at Gentex]

Why is it so difficult to get a tour when you're an ACTUAL FUCKING CITIZEN?!

Because .gov already has its meat hooks into you to foot the bill for everyone else.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Nothing to see here...move along, peasant.