Written by Heidi Klessig MD and originally published on LifeSite News on November 1, 2025. Read the original article here. "It is unethical, before the declaration of death, to use any treatments or interventions aimed at preserving organs or assessing their suitability for donation that may harm the still-living patient by causing pain, causing traumatic injury, or shortening the patient's life." Acknowledging recent controversies in organ transplantation, the world’s larges

The apnea test, part of the AAN's brain death examination, can increase brain damage Apnea testing is a component of the American Academy of Neurology’s guideline for the diagnosis of brain death/death by neurologic criteria. The intent of the apnea test is to evaluate for spontaneous breathing, but the test itself is unverified, has no benefit for the patient, and entails significant risks. In fact, the Guideline states that there is a lack of scientific evidence to support

Watch Heidi Klessig MD and Becket Gremmels PhD debate the brain death concept in this wide-ranging video! We review the topic from the perspectives of biology, philosophy, theology, and law during our friendly interchange of ideas on this controversial subject. Thank you so much to the Society for Christian Bioethicists for providing this important forum for discussion, and to the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Ethics in Medicine and Healthcare at Niagara University fo

Our new video premiers today at 6PM CST! The concept of brain death was proposed in 1968 without scientific validation as a utilitarian social construct to free up ICU beds and facilitate organ donation. Today, the diagnosis continues to be controversial. Doctors, lawyers, philosophers, and scholars hotly debate the validity of brain death, but the public remains largely unaware. Justice dictates that the public be given full transparency so that they can give valid informed

'Circulatory death' organ donor, Misty Hawkins, whose heart resumed beating when surgeons sawed her breast bone open for organ procurement -- she was not dead Written by Heidi Klessig MD and originally published on LifeSite News on October 16, 2025. Read the original article here . “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kenned

Patients with a poor prognosis should not be considered "dead enough" to become organ donors. Written by Heidi Klessig MD and originally published on LifeSite News on November 25, 2025. Read the original article here . Another Congressional Committee is investigating more whistleblowers’ complaints regarding the organ transplantation industry. The United States House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert are seekin

I’m so happy to be a featured speaker in The Courage In Health Series , a virtual summit hosted by The Speaker Salon Thirty MAHA-aligned speakers are coming together Nov. 1–9, and all of the presentations look fantastic! I will be speaking on day three. 🎟️ Watch for free: https://www.speaker.salon/courage

Written by Heidi Klessig MD and originally published on LifeSite News on September 25, 2025. Read the original article here . In a...

Written by Heidi Klessig MD and originally published on LifeSite News on August 28, 2025. Read the original article here . In a...