Federal, state, and local officials are outraged after learning that the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) cut up and leased out the bodies of hundreds of unclaimed people to for-profit medical companies and institutions. Senator Tan Parker plans to introduce a bill in January to prohibit the use of human bodies without explicit consent from the deceased or their survivors.
Federal, state and local officials expressed shock and sorrow upon learning that the University of North Texas Health Science Center had cut up and leased out the bodies of hundreds of unclaimed peopleSen. Tan Parker, a Republican whose district includes portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties, said he would introduce a bill in the legislative session in January to prohibit the use of people’s bodies unless they or their survivors give full consent.
Officials in North Texas justified sending unclaimed bodies — those without families who could afford to make funeral arrangements or whose families could not be reached — to the Health Science Center by saying the deals saved local governments on burial and cremation costs, helped train physicians and aided lifesaving research.
Alisa Simmons, a member of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, said she will push the board to adopt new policies to ensure the ethical and respectful treatment of the unclaimed dead. Dallas County officials have said moving forward they won’t provide unclaimed bodies for research unless survivors choose to do so.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which helped arrange Honey’s June burial, expressed sympathy for what happened to him. “This isn’t just a good step forward for Texas, but it could be a model for other medical schools, other counties, other states,” Shupe said, referring to Parker’s promise to end the use of unclaimed bodies.
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