Is Brain Death Truly Death? What Everyone Needs to Know About Organ Transplants
Carolina Pro-Life Action Network (C-PLAN) hosted Dr. Paul A. Byrne, M.D. to speak about so called “brain death” criteria amid growing reports that “brain dead” organ donors had their vital organs removed while still alive, resulting in their death.
Dr. Byrne’s talk, Is Brain Death Truly Death? provides important clinical experience and research on how “brain death” is used simply to harvest organs and free up ICU beds, violating the sanctity of life.
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About Dr. Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
Dr. Paul A. Byrne is a Board-Certified Neonatologist and Pediatrician and is the founder of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis, MO, one of the first NICU’s in the Midwest. He has been the Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Saint Louis University, Creighton University and the University of Toledo College of Medicine.
He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and past-President of the Catholic Medical Association. Dr. Byrne has written several books and articles on brain death and life issues. Most recently he assisted in the famous case of Jahi McMath, a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead in 2013 but lived until her natural death in 2018. Dr. Byrne and his late wife Shirley are proud parents of 12 children, grandparents of 36 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.