China is Reportedly Selling Pills Made Out of Dead Babies to Enhance Stamina

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Valentinez A. Kaiser
Valentinez A. Kaiser Members Posts: 9,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 2011 in The Social Lounge
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Supposedly, there was a rumor floating around that somewhere in China, pills made out of dead babies were being sold. A Korean television documentary team decided to track down the truth behind this rumor, and reportedly found a hospital that sells dead babies — mostly abortions or stillbirths, with “mostly” being a scary word here when you think about it — to medicine companies. The team found that when the hospital has a “deceased baby case,” the staff are instructed to immediately alert the medicine company.

The television team also reportedly uncovered the process by which the dead baby pills are made. Supposedly, the medicine companies store the dead babies in a “normal family’s refrigerator,” so as to be undiscoverable, and when they are ready to use the dead baby, they put it into a medical drying microwave. Once dry, they grind the dead baby up and put the powder into a pill capsule.

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Supposedly, the television team paid a lot of money to get some of the pills, and when they tested them, found the pills’ contents were 99.7 percent human, and were also able to discern the babies’ gender from the powder, as well as found hair and nail remnants.

The dead babies used are supposedly used with the mother’s consent. The documentary will air August 6 on SBS TV South Korea.

http://www.geekosystem.com/china-dead-baby-pills/
http://www.newdaily.co.kr/news/article.html?no=88031

What's your views on the alleged discovery? Is it immoral or is the only thing that matters is whether the pills serves its medicinal function?

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  • LOLCL
    LOLCL Members Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2011
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  • Plutarch
    Plutarch Members Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    well, isn't this basically the same debate about embryonic/fetal stem cells?

    I can see both sides of the debate, but my opinion is that if it can help others, why not? I support freedom of choice, so if someone gives their consent, let them be. If not, once again, their choice should be respected. Though this is China we're talking about so...

    The obvious "downside" is that people will start ? thier dead babies for money, and companies (especially medicine companies) will be more than happy to abide and make a profit from their purchases.
  • Valentinez A. Kaiser
    Valentinez A. Kaiser Members Posts: 9,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2011
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    Yeah it pretty much is the same debate. But like you said it's China and with the way their family planning policy is, you can see this being exploited amongst the poorer population for profit. I just found out that these "stamina" pills are actually "man pills or viagra equivalent pills", which is ironic if you think about it.

    Here's some footage from the documentary for people to see (It's in Korean):
    http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000965072
  • alltime
    alltime Members Posts: 1
    edited August 2011
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    This is some real nasty stuff. Especially when they mention the hair and nails.
  • Madbeats
    Madbeats Members Posts: 544
    edited August 2011
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    I just wanted to puke reading this. People are sick man.