The procurement companies say there has never been a case in which a death investigation has been harmed by the procurement of body parts. But my colleague investigative reporter Melody Petersen published a blockbuster investigation that shows how companies that harvest body parts upend death investigations. So, they got laws passed across the country that said the coroner had to cooperate with them to maximize the number of donated body parts. Does anyone who consents to being an organ donor consent to have their body parts potentially sold for profit? Many death investigations are extraordinarily complex to begin with, and the donation of parts can make it even harder to determine the cause of death.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 15, 2019 10:30 UTC