(UPDATES) A HOUSE lawmaker has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the illegal sale of kidneys and other internal organs in the Philippines and the involvement of some nurses and doctors in the illegal trade, calling it "deal with the devil."
AGRI Partylist Rep. Wilbert Lee's House Resolution 1803, filed last July 18, states that the illegal practice of selling kidneys and other internal organs — which he described as "Human Bopis for Sale" — targets poor Filipinos and goes against existing laws, specifically the Organ Donation Act of 1991 and the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012.
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